Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘Even though I didn’t always agree with Dad’s politics, I always admired his conviction and his attempts to bring people along with him’

Ardal O’Hanlon made his first attempt at writing a book when he was still a teenager. “I actually tried to write a crime novel when I was about 18,” the now 60-year-old comedian and actor says. He is sitting in a back room of The Odeon venue in Dublin, having just finished the photoshoot for this article. He’ll go home after our interview, before coming back into the city centre for a gig tonight. His foot is in a boot, a recent injury acquired while playing tennis with his wife....