‘We fetishise hard work and stress’

Fresh from the success of the second series of Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope, acclaimed writer Stefanie Preissner is penning her second book this summer. Her trick for coping with it all? A non-negotiable, eight hours sleep, she tells Esther McCarthy

She may be one of our most talented writers, but Stefanie Preissner can vividly remember the sheer effort of getting her earliest plays and projects off the ground, and turning to the people of her native Mallow and Cork.