And good conversation involves taking turns, not talking over someone – trying to silence people by talking more loudly, forcefully, and persistently than them.

IFTA CEO Aine Moriarty hosted the discussion, as Blethyn arrived in Galway to attend a screening of new film Dragonfly, in which she stars opposite Andrea Riseborough as a woman receiving care ...

Anxious about talking to people you don't know? Listen to what a social psychologist has to say about it.