Normal People producers to adapt Cork author Caroline O'Donoghue's novel for Channel 4 

The Rachel Incident charts the coming-of-age story of Rachel Murray, who finishes college and begins adulthood in the shadow of the 2008 financial crash and subsequent recession

Caroline O'Donoghue: "Like most authors, I’ve always dreamed of having my work adapted for the screen, but never could have imagined a situation as dreamy as this."

Cork author, podcaster and screenwriter Caroline O’Donoghue is set to have her book The Rachel Incident adapted for an eight-part series.

Commissioned by Channel 4, the series will be produced by the award-winning Element Pictures - producers of Normal People, Poor Things - and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group and Pageboy.