TV: Murder at the Pigeon House

Taken Down has been praised for setting its story among people for whom life is a constant trial, in circumstances that reflect little credit on this Republic. But the first episode had an air of earnestness that dulled the edge of the drama

Sean Fox, Lynn Rafferty and Orla Fitzgerald in RTÉ’s Taken Down

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For her introductory scene in the first episode ofTaken Down(RTÉ One), Inspector Jen Rooney (Lynn Rafferty) is wearing a hospital gown and lying on a bed in a maternity unit. The phone rings. A young woman has been found dead. Within minutes, Rooney is up, dressed and being driven to the crime scene by ...