Before the eyes of Irish terrorist Martin Fallon, instead of an armored personnel carrier, a school bus is blown up by a mine. Shocked, Fallon decides to 'quit the game' and flee abroad. He is hiding from both the police and his former comrades in arms from the Irish Republican Army. In order to obtain a fake foreign passport, he must commit one more, final murder ordered by the gangster Meagan. The Catholic priest Da Costa becomes a witness to the murder. Instead of `removing' the witness, Fallon goes to him for confession. Now the priest is bound by a vow of silence and cannot hand him over to the police. This state of affairs does not suit Meehan, and he decides to forever shut up everyone who knows about the crime...