It is 1979, Dublin, Ireland. A young Irish journalist becomes pregnant and flees to London away from claustrophobic Dublin in search of independence and a new life. She finds a home and job in London, but loneliness and a brief encounter, see her heading back to Ireland where she works as a sub-editor on a national newspaper while bringing up her daughter alone. At a time when newsrooms were still woozy with cigarette smoke, and single mothers were whispered about, Sinead O'Neill holds her head high and breaks new barriers.