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Tom Vaughan-Lawlor joins A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms cast |
| 12 Aug 2024 | Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has been cast in the role of Plummer in HBO's upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. |
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IFTA Announces Kneecap As Ireland's Entry For Oscars® 2025 - International Feature Film |
| 02 Aug 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that Irish language feature Kneecap has been selected to represent Ireland in the Oscar® International Feature Film category at the upcoming 97th annual Academy Awards. |
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Recipient organisations announced for Screen Ireland's 2024 Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme |
| 01 Aug 2024 | Funding worth over €1 million has been awarded to 27 organisations to deliver a wide range of high-quality skills development initiatives and activities for the Irish screen sector. |
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Donie O'Sullivan promoted to Senior Correspondent at CNN |
| 31 Jul 2024 | CNN have announced that Irish journalist Donie O’Sullivan has been promoted to CNN Senior Correspondent. O'Sullivan has garnered praise in the past decade reporting on the spread of online misinformation, and now specialises in highlighting the effect of conspiracy theories, extremism, and radicalisation on politics, culture, and society. |
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GAZE announces recipients and speakers 2024 starGAZE |
| 30 Jul 2024 | GAZE LGBTQIA Film Festival today announced the 2024 starGAZE recipients, a unique professional development initiative to support emerging LGBTQIA filmmakers. |
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Preview: Irish actors starring in major films this Autumn/Winter |
| 30 Jul 2024 | Irish actors are set to dominate screens worldwide this Autumn/Winter with key roles in an array of major films. From Paul Mescal battling in Ancient Rome to Saoirse Ronan navigating the bombing of London, Irish talent will be at the forefront of the most anticipated films in festival/awards season. Here's a small preview of when you can expect to see some of our brightest stars in cinemas. |
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Scannal celebrates 20 years with three one-hour documentaries on RTÉ |
| 30 Jul 2024 | RTÉ’s Irish language series Scannal marks its 20th anniversary with three hour-long documentaries this August, as part of Scannal: 20 Bliain. |
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Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, begins production in Wales |
| 30 Jul 2024 | Hamnet, directed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao and starring Oscar nominees Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, has started production in Wales. |
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Saipan: Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan starring as Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy |
| 29 Jul 2024 | Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan will star as Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa's upcoming Saipan, based on the infamous 2002 World Cup incident. |
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Over one million viewers tune in to watch Armagh's historic win over Galway on RTÉ2 |
| 29 Jul 2024 | Sunday’s All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park, which saw Armagh seal their second ever All Ireland Senior Football title, was watched by an average of 889,000 on The Sunday Game Live on RTÉ2, peaking at 1,085,400 as the game reached its thrilling conclusion. |
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Edna O'Brien, acclaimed Irish novelist and screenwriter, dies aged 93 |
| 28 Jul 2024 | The President has led tributes to award-winning Irish writer Edna O'Brien who has died at the age of 93. |
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Director Cara Holmes discusses award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland |
| 26 Jul 2024 | Ahead of the film’s release in Irish cinemas this Friday (July 26th), IFTN spoke with filmmaker Cara Holmes about her award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland, which won Best Documentary at the Dublin International Film Festival earlier this year. |
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Tourism Ireland opens call for International Programming Ireland Fund 2024 |
| 26 Jul 2024 | Tourism Ireland has opened applications for Round 3 of its 2024 International Programming Ireland Fund, to be submitted by 3pm GMT on Tuesday 10 September 2024. |
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Don't Forget To Remember to release in cinemas on 6th September, debuts first trailer |
| 25 Jul 2024 | MOTHERLAND has released the trailer for the award-winning documentary Don’t Forget to Remember, opening in select Irish cinemas on September 6th. |
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House of Guinness: Major Irish cast revealed as production begins on new Netflix series |
| 25 Jul 2024 | Netflix have confirmed the official cast featuring Irish talent such as Anthony Boyle, Danielle Galligan, David Wilmot, and Michael McElhatton for Steven Knight’s new eight-part series that has begun production in the UK. |
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Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan, to close New York Film Festival in October |
| 25 Jul 2024 | Steve McQueen's Blitz starring Saoirse Ronan will close the 62nd New York Film Festival following its London Film Festival premiere. |
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Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, to release in Irish cinemas on November 8 |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Andrea Arnold's coming-of-age drama Bird, starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, will release in UK and Irish cinemas on November 8 from MUBI. |
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Minister Martin confirms Government agreement on funding of RTÉ and Public Service Media |
| 24 Jul 2024 | The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, TD, has announced that Government has agreed multi-annual public funding for RTÉ which, through a combination of an improved TV licence system and Exchequer support, will ensure that RTÉ is supported to deliver on its Statement of Strategy. |
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Black Bag starring Michael Fassbender, Pierce Brosnan set for 2025 release |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Steven Soderbergh's upcoming spy drama Black Bag, starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender and Pierce Brosnan, will be released by Universal/Focus Features in March 2025. |
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€725m public funding plan for RTÉ to be signed off on by Cabinet |
| 24 Jul 2024 | At its final meeting this morning before the summer recess, the Cabinet will sign off on a new funding proposal for RTÉ, which is expected to retain the TV Licence fee. |
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