Bad Bridgets
Breaking bad: 'Bridgets' podcasts shed light on darker side of Irish emigration to US
SIOBHAN McSweeney is evocatively rendering the true tale of Maggie Smith, a young Irish-American woman who imbibes to excess because she “has the asthma” when she pauses – with dramatic effect – and switches seamlessly to the admonishing tones of a US judge.
By Gail Bell