They told me everything about the main character – he’s a skeleton detective in a wonderful suit, he dresses like a 1940s Private Eye, he’s charming, he’s dangerous, he’s funny, he’s sarcastic. That was the permission I needed to give myself to make it distinctly Irish. Because I made it distinctly Irish and because I made it with distinctly Irish mannerisms, colloquialisms, setting, they recognise a truth. My decision to set it very distinctly in Ireland with very distinctly Irish characters I think broadened its appeal instead of narrowing it. I’m hugely optimistic about Ireland.

Source: The Irish Times April 10, 2026 14:03 UTC