'We always had a fire in our belly': Meet the friends behind RTÉ's dark comedy SisterS

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sharon Horgan and Michaela Cole have paved the way to tell women’s truth on screen. Irish and Canadian friends Susan Stanley and Sarah Goldberg have taken up the mantle with new series, SisterS. By Esther McCarthy

Sarah Goldberg & Susan Stanley in SisterS: bowing across RTÉ platforms this weekend

They first met at drama school and forged a friendship through a shared sense of black humour, storytelling, and the music of Leonard Cohen.

Now Irish and Canadian pals Susan Stanley and Sarah Goldberg are ready for their close-ups as two very different women who discover they’re half-sisters.