Ireland has gone from being a virtual Banana Republic to one of the world's most excited economies and for Christy, living with cancer and two argumentative sons in a house with no running water, the feckless lifestyle of old is fast becoming extinct.

When 25 year old Brendan returns from a year travelling in Asia, he discovers that his father's illness is worse than he had feared and the plumbing was better in Delhi. It is obvious to him that women are needed if the family is to grow with the times.

Younger brother Joe, seems to be thinking the same way when he starts to plan a party for Christy. But how can they attract women if they can't even get the toilet to flush?

The lessons of death, life and love are revealed to the three as, with a big plastic tank and a little help from their friends, they find the strength to move out of the past and into an uncertain future.