Sheridan vs The World

He won't go down without a fight. Catherine Healy meets Jim Sheridan, Ireland's enduring enfant terrible

Jim Sheridan: ‘It’s not that tragedy makes you grow up – it’s that there are no lessons to be learned, so the tragedy keeps repeating’ Pic: Aurelie Lamachere/Sipa/Rex
Eric Bana as Dr William Grene

After almost 30 years working with some of the biggest names in cinema, Jim Sheridan still retains the common touch. He tells Catherine Healy how his approach to film-making is driven by a deep-rooted sense of social injustice

Jim Sheridan can be difficult to keep up with. Sitting in a Dublin hotel lobby teeming with business suits, he flits between past and present as he speaks, musing on the ...