Miss (Brigid) Flanagan is a retired schoolteacher and the resident detective in Ireland’s Own; she cycles around Benford and chats to the locals and very little escapes her attention. The locals often call on her when they fall victim to a crime and she is only too willing to help out. She also does some Insurance work when suspicions are aroused about a mysterious break-in or an outbreak of fire. She is a friend of Sergeant Reilly and they often meet to compare notes at the Cosy Café. He is not averse to picking Brigid’s brain and then claiming credit when the crime is solved. Miss Flanagan over the years has revelled in the title ‘Ireland’s Twinkliest Private Eye’ but a sharp brain hides behind that benign exterior, as many a wrong-doer has found to their cost.