'Heartbreaking' film of single teen mum goes viral

A six-minute film depicting the life of a single mother in Irish society has had more than 650,000 views in less than 24 hours.

Heartbreak, which features a monologue written and performed by Irish poet and actor Emmet Kirwan stars teen-acting sensation Jordanne Jones, 16, as the single mother.

“It’s been seen 20,000 times on YouTube, 650,000 times on Facebook, and shared 12,000 times and it seems to be accelerating. We launched it at 6pm on Tuesday,” one of its producers, Dave Leahy, said yesterday afternoon.