Some say it caused the recession, Coppers getting its own ATM. It’s certainly put a dent in the bank accounts of Aisling O’ Dowd (Seana Kerslake) and Danielle Mullane (Nika McGuigan).   CCWC is a dark comic drama detailing the unravelling of a friendship between two co-dependent young women as the hangover wears off and their lives and priorities begin to radically diverge.

Danielle and Aisling get as excited about the ‘euro saver menu’ as their school friends now get about their engagements and mortgage approval. And they both agree that the real walk of shame is when you bring all the mugs and plates that have gathered in your room back down to the kitchen. The girls are a perfect fit.

Set in contemporary Dublin, in the house they have shared since moving from Cork, these two very different twenty something’s navigate their respective professions; a high-powered finance job in Aisling’s case, and a struggling art career in Danielle’s.

Aisling is used to getting her own way and Danielle, never one to hog the spotlight, is only too happy to go along with it. But ‘going along with it’ is starting to lose its appeal; there seems to be a lot more cleaning up than just last night’s empty cans.

Aisling has learned that if you leave a mess for long enough, someone else will clean it up.

Something is changing and Aisling, head firmly turned in the opposite direction, is going to be the last to find out. After years of living in each other’s pockets, the shine of a hilarious hangover is wearing off for Danielle. As she starts to invest in her other relationships, like the charming Ferg (Muiris Crowley) things come to a head for Aisling. Her boss (Amy Huberman) is losing patience with her. Her part time love interest Lorcan (Laurence O Fuarain) has a full time girlfriend, and professionally, things are coming to a very ugly head.

The one thing that holds Aisling and Danielle together, their fear of reality, might wind up being what drives them apart. They might not know it yet, but the sobering light of day has them firmly in its sights.

In series 2 we find the Moone family on holiday during the summer of 1990 – as World Cup fever grips Ireland with the national team qualifying for the first time…and hopes are high. Also in the series, with cash flow being a problem for the Moone family, Martin takes a job as a golf caddy, while his dad, Liam, takes up golf – but with his own unique style….just throwing the ball! We see Martin start his new school, where he promptly falls in love with his new Business Studies teacher, Miss O’Driscoll. Martin and his best friend, Padraic, build a ‘ghost-raft’ which they hope to sail into town on Halloween and scare everyone. Unfortunately though…the river is flowing in the wrong direction – and they end up floating out towards the island on Lough Key…with their two imaginary friends on board. The series culminates with Martin falling in love with the notion of life on the road, as a group of travellers arrive in town, while his heavily pregnant sister, Fidelma, marries Dessie – a wedding, and a dash to the hospital, which unfortunately collides with The St Patrick’s Day parade in the centre of Boyle..

Reviews

“One of the many amusing things about Moone Boy… is the way it pays attention to the logic of the imaginary-friend relationship.” – The New York Times

“Happily, both Rawle and Ian O’Reilly, who plays Martin’s best corporeal friend Padraic, are still as charming as they were a year ago, and aren’t being prodded too hard to grow up.” – AV Club

“You’re not imagining things if you find yourself mooning over Moone Boy.” – TV Guide

“Moone Boy has somehow stumbled upon the comedic elixir of intense likeability. The semi-autobiographical storyline, indeed the presence of O’Dowd at all could seem indulgent, but Moone Boy has winning charm.” – The Telegraph

Awards

Best Entertainment, Irish Film & Television Awards, 2014

Best Director for Television, Irish Film & Television Awards, 2014