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It is easy to see the Church as a callous entity that continues to prioritise self-preservation over atonement but people are nuanced and multifaceted
“There is always a way to resist.”
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Sinéad O’Shea returns to her home town to explore a time when many ordinary citizens submitted to an ‘empire designated to punishing girls’ - and a few rebelled
In the kitchen of her Navan home, Dr Mary Randles is busying herself laying out chocolate biscuits and boiling the kettle when the doorbell suddenly goes. She rushes out to the hall to answer it, as Sinéad O’Shea pours cups of tea for the three of us.
What started off as an interesting story of about a brave doctor from Co. Meath who stood up for his patients against the Catholic church turned into something much more for Navan born journalist and award winning documentary filmmaker Sinéad O Shea. This month Sinéad's second feature length documentary the compelling 'Pray for our sinners' hits theatres, she joined our Sinéad Brassil on 11-1 to discuss the remarkable story