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The film, which opens nationwide on 4 April, follows McCardle as Edward, a gay Irish writer who finds himself at the mercy of his own elderly mum, played by Fionnula Flanagan, and three other mothers, abandoned for the weekend while their sons go off to enjoy themselves at a Pride event in Ibiza.

In that case, foreign travelers find themselves at the mercy of the Border Patrol, whose agents have apparently become more adventurous in taking casual and extended looks at your private cell phone data upon entry to the U.S.

Rough sleepers here are at the mercy of the extreme hot and cold weather and vulnerable to assault, while there are often fewer services available to help them.

"The burden of high energy bills has gone on long enough and as long as our energy bills remain tied to the cost of gas, households continue to be at the mercy of global markets and the fossil fuel industry," said Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition.

National anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Melillo said that, despite all the crackdowns, the high-security prison system was at the mercy of the mob.