Driven to his wit’s end

Colm Meaney’s character is reduced to living in his car in the new Irish feature film Parked, Pádraic Killeen reports.

THERE are certain characteristics that we associate with Colm Meaney, or at least with the screen persona that has enveloped him over the past two decades.

In films such as Intermission, Con Air, and the much-loved adaptations of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van), Meaney has invariably played characters prone to brash physical behaviour, quirky facial expressions, and hilarious hot-tempered rants.