How Roisín O’Donnell wrote ‘Nesting’ about a woman fleeing an abusive relationship

When Roisín O’Donnell was asked to write a story about “independence in today’s Ireland” as part of a project celebrating her homeland’s 100th year of independence, she penned a tale that was both political and intimate about a woman in an abusive relationship who finally takes the first steps toward freedom.
But hearing “Derry Girls” star Siobhán McSweeney read her story on the radio, O’Donnell had a reaction she’d never f