Dublin drama Northern Lights scores on TG4
At an online Republic of Ireland event in December, Jones revealed his inspiration for the play: “I witnessed the aftermath of a guy jumping into the Liffey… and it stuck with me. I wondered what would happen if… late at night, [it’s] lashing down with rain and you pass a person several times [on the bridge].
“I had [this image] of two people and, like any writer, I guess, you think about who they are, what they are doing, where they are going, who they were in the past and what led them to this place?”