As Sam – the first tenant to move into the old tower blocks – lies dying, those touched by his life find themselves summoned to his bedside. Frank, his successful son who turned his back on him to forge a new identity; Katie, the unmarried mother whose life had seemed destined to intertwine with Frank; Anne, her young daughter whom Jeepers adores; Martin, a Jesuit in a torn jumper who has lived through every change in Ballymun.