30 Acres: 02 - The Hunt for Sean Granite
Pirate Predator
RTÉ Documentary on One
4.4 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Holly, Glenn and Iseult have received repossession letters. Soon all three will be evicted from their homes. But they’re not giving up without a fight. They cobble together a manifesto for their new campaign - 30 Acres Says No.
Their first meeting is in Glenn’s survivalist-themed man-shed, complete with a stash of iodine tablets and a hoard of 1916 memorabilia and weapons. Holly searches for her uncle, Sean Granite, the developer of 30 Acres, in the hopes of reversing the repossession order. Then Holly learns that her uncle fudged the paperwork related to the purchase of her home. It would be probably better for everyone if she left Glenn’s antique revolver where it belonged, but she hasn’t.
Cast
Barbara Bergin, (Iseult)
Shane Casey (Glenn)
John Colleary (Sean)
Philippa Dunne (Pat)
Barry Murphy (Alistair)
Stefanie Preissner (Holly)
Colm Tobin (Colm)
Aidan O'Donovan (TV Presenter/Priest)
Produced by Kevin Brew for Drama On One with Kevin Reynolds and Gorretti Slavin. Produced by Liam O'Brien for Documentary On One with Tim Desmond, Ronan Kelly, Nicoline Greer and Shauna McGreevy. Sound Design by Damian Chennells. Audio product support by Nigel Wheatley and Áine McManus. Design by Niamh McKeown.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Sean Granite. |
| 0:05.1 | Imagine your family home set upon rolling historic lands |
| 0:08.4 | combining the very best of rural and urban living. |
| 0:12.1 | 30 acres. Don't get left behind. |
| 0:15.4 | Terms and conditions apply. |
| 0:17.1 | Terms and conditions apply. |
| 0:18.9 | Terms and conditions apply. |
| 0:20.3 | Terms and conditions apply Terms and conditions apply Terms and conditions apply |
| 0:21.6 | Once a utopian dream |
| 0:29.3 | I'm proud to present 30 acres |
| 0:31.9 | Now a sprawling ghost estate |
| 0:33.8 | It was meant to be the town centre originally over here |
| 0:36.0 | But they didn't quite get to it |
| 0:37.3 | Three remaining inhabitants Who the hell are you and how did you get into my house? Here, let me ask you estate. This was meant to be the town centre originally over here, but they didn't quite get to it. |
| 0:56.0 | Three remaining inhabitants. Who the hell are you and how did you get into my house? Here, let me ask you this, you fucking stuff, shirt. What's the beauty of living in a ghost estate? You pretty much can do whatever to fuck you want. And the liquidator, intent on evicting them. You've all been given notice. You've got 30 days to get out. 30 days, get out, do it now. |
| 0:57.5 | One bankrupt developer. |
| 0:54.3 | It's not like we haven't made sacrifices, you know what I mean? And his wife, Pat. You see, Colin, the thing is, see, I don't want you coming down here for 48, just to be painting us, a big bad wolf. You see, when nothing could be can be further than killed. This is the story of a failed government housing project |
| 1:14.0 | and the three people left fighting for their homes. |
| 1:17.5 | From RTE documentary on one and RTEDrama on one, |
| 1:20.5 | my name is Cullum and this is 30 acres. |
| 1:25.7 | Episode 2, The Hunt for Sean Granite. |
| 1:29.6 | It's December 2009. |
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