Louise O'Neill: 'It's A Sin' will break your heart, but it's unmissable TV
Ep1. L-R Ash and Richie
I have this vivid memory from childhood. I’m lying on the rug in our living room, a knitted wool rug in black and white. The television is on. A man walks onto the screen and takes a seat.
In my memory, he has dark hair in a ponytail and I know he’s the presenter of an RTÉ show about fashion, my mother watches it every week. He’s talking about condoms and AIDS. I don’t really know what condoms are but I know what AIDS is. I turned to my mother and said something along the lines of, “you’re lucky you’re married and you don’t have to worry. I’m going to make my husband get a blood test to be sure I don’t get AIDS either.”
