Mary Lowry, the woman at the centre of the "Mr Moonlight" murder case, has said she knows nothing about RTÉ's newly announced plans to turn the case into a television drama series. The case centred on the 2011 disappearance and 2013 discovery of DJ Bobby Ryan's body on Lowry's farm near Bansha, Co Tipperary, and the 2019 conviction of Patrick Quirke, who had been having an affair with Lowry and viewed Ryan as a romantic rival. Locals in Bansha and Cashel have reacted with unease and sadness rather than embarrassment, saying they want to protect the privacy of those affected rather than see the tragedy "rehashed".

Ryan, a 52-year-old truck driver and part-time DJ known as Mr Moonlight, vanished after leaving Lowry's home in the early hours of 3 June 2011; his body was found two years later in a disused tank on her farm. Quirke, now 56, is serving a life sentence following what was Ireland's longest-ever murder trial, in which the evidence was entirely circumstantial, no murder weapon was ever found, and the exact time and place of death were never established. The trial heard salacious details including sex tapes, covert recordings and incriminating internet search history, some of which may not feature in RTÉ's drama, and locals close to both Lowry and Quirke's wife, Imelda, have expressed dismay at the broadcaster revisiting the case.