Brid Ní Neachtain relishes playing a disciplinarian head nun in the Pulitzer Prize-winning parable, says Colette Sheridan

In the hermetically-sealed world of a 1960s Catholic school, Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) rules with an iron fist.

Meryl Streep has played down her awards nominations for 'Doubt' as she feels they detract from the film.

ALOYSIUS TOE fled war ravaged Liberia two months ago, escaping prison as rebel shells rained down and then spending four days on the open ocean in a canoe.

A youth who sexually assaulted and strangled an elderly nun in the grounds of a convent in Co Monaghan has been jailed for life for murder.