RTÉ announce new crime drama from Kin directors with Love/Hate star

The show also stars Colm Meaney and Kate Mulgrew.

Mulgrew will play the lead role of Nora Savage, a seasoned NYPD detective who takes a career break after a traumatic event and moves to her family home on the west coast of Ireland.

Expecting a change of pace, Nora is unexpectedly pulled into a murder investigation involving a female climate activist.

"As she goes head-to-head with a ruthless environmental magnate, putting those closest to her at risk, she is forced to confront her personal demons head on," the plot synopsis adds.

"As the investigation builds to a tense and savage climax, it pushes Nora and the squad into a thrilling hunt for the killer."

The six-part show is from writer Eithne Verling, making her TV drama debut. The series was created specifically for Mulgrew after the pair had a chance meeting in Galway while the actress was on holiday.

Filming for The Yank has already begun in Connemara in Galway, with the show being directed by acclaimed duo Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy (Kin, Rose Plays Julie).

In a statement about the series, Mulgrew said: “The Yank was borne out of my love for Ireland, and the luck and perspicacity I have enjoyed when it came to knowing who will matter to me both emotionally and creatively.

Kate Mulgrew

"That person is Eithne Verling, and the character we contrived is Nora Savage – a woman very like myself, had I been slashed with grief, blessed with raw courage and born a natural hunter of that which destroys.

"The Yank is the intriguing and unexpected story of a woman who has nothing to lose, and her obsessive attraction to what lies beneath.”