David Ireland: 'As a writer, I want to be socially irresponsible'
He's no stranger to walk-outs and trigger warnings. So the daring dramatist is amazed the BBC is broadcasting his dark new play about a Belfast woman's lockdown crisis A decade ago, David Ireland was invited to Belfast's Europa hotel to seal a deal to write a play called Sadie for Stephen Rea's Field Day theatre company. "Surreally," recalls the playwright, "Richard E Grant stopped at our table to say hello to Stephe…