Diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, legendary Irish news reporter Charlie Bird is determined to break one final story before his life is ended by the brutal advance of that cruel disease. 

Charlie, through his contacts, has unearthed an extraordinary true crime story, one that had remained secret for more than forty years. 

Despite having to communicate through voice-bank technology, and with his faculties and mobility diminishing as the story progresses, the dogged journalist in Charlie still endures. 

The film is an exploration of how one man who is facing his own mortality can find respite in doing the thing he loves, even in the most terrible of circumstances.