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Budget 2025: Increases to Arts Council, Screen Ireland, and extension of Basic Income Scheme |
| 03 Oct 2025 | The Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media has outlined further details of the distribution of the €1,271,989,000 in funding allocated to the Department in Budget 2025, which is said to see increases across all areas with a total 6% rise across the Department. |
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New family mini-series The Unreal to release on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player this October |
| 02 Oct 2024 | The brand new four part family mini-series, which stars Joseph McGucken, Kathryn McKiernan, Ally Ní Chiaráin, Senan Jennings and Kate Brady, will broadcast on RTÉ One this October. |
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Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting for role in son's feature directorial debut |
| 02 Oct 2024 | Focus Features has confirmed that the three time Oscar winning actor has returned to star in Anemone, the feature directorial debut of his son Ronan Day-Lewis. |
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Directors panel with Kneecap’s Rich Peppiatt among highlights at Disappear Here Film Festival 2024 |
| 01 Oct 2024 | The scenic village of Ballyliffin will once again play host to the Disappear Here Film Festival, celebrating its seventh edition from October 4th to 7th, 2024. |
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25th Newport Beach Film Festival announces Irish Spotlight showcase |
| 30 Sep 2024 | The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced the Irish Spotlight for its 25th annual edition. Irish Spotlight is an evening celebration of Irish cinema and culture on October 20th. |
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Trailer released for Housewife of the Year ahead of cinema release on November 22nd |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Wildcard Distribution has launched the official trailer for Ciarán Cassidy’s poignant and uplifting documentary, Housewife of the Year, ahead of its highly anticipated screening at the IFI Documentary Festival this Saturday, 28th September. |
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Screen Ireland open call for applications to Screen Mentoring Scheme 2024 |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Screen Ireland has announced that applications are now open for the next round of the Screen Mentoring Scheme, a key initiative to invest in the continued skills development of professionals in the Irish screen sector. |
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Irish delegation travels to Los Angeles for trade mission promoting Ireland's VFX & Post sector |
| 25 Sep 2024 | An Irish delegation, including Minister Peter Burke (T.D.), Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, and the IDA, have partnered on a trade mission to Los Angeles. |
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New training course Exploring Reality 2 launched by SDGI's Documentary Alliance |
| 25 Sep 2024 | The Documentary Alliance of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland has announced details of a new training programme, Exploring Reality 2. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up – September |
| 24 Sep 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including the five Irish companies confirmed for MEDIA Slate Funding, the DocCelerator Galway taking place this October, and the Creative Europe 2025 Annual Work Programme |
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Irish language horror Fréwaka to open Belfast Film Festival on Halloween night |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Belfast Film Festival returns for its 24th edition from 31st October to 9th November, opening with a Halloween night screening of Irish language horror Fréwaka, written and directed by Aislinn Clarke. |
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Culture Night 2024: RTÉ to broadcast collection of performances this Friday night |
| 19 Sep 2024 | RTÉ will celebrate Culture Night this Friday, September 20, with a coverage due to begin on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player from 8pm on Friday evening. |
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RTÉ reports net deficit of €9.1m in 2023; declining TV Licence revenue and increases in operating costs listed as contributing factors |
| 17 Sep 2024 | RTÉ Annual Report for 2023 has confirmed a net deficit of €9.1m for the national broadcaster that named a decline in the TV Licence revenue, increase in operating costs, and the broadcast of several special events as contributing factors to a “challenging year for the organisation”. |
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Drama Film and Theatre Studies added to new and revised Leaving Certificate subjects and Senior Cycle programme |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD has welcomed the publication of 12 new and revised Leaving Certificate subjects and Senior Cycle Programmes, which includes the addition of a new subject, Drama Film and Theatre Studies. |
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Showrunner Shane Byrne & Emmy winning producer Jamie D’Alton establish new production company, Diffusion Media |
| 11 Sep 2024 | TV executives Jamie D’Alton and Shane Byrne are collaborating to set up a new production company, Diffusion Media, aimed at attracting international productions to Ireland and to capitalise on the country’s growing reputation as a premier location for unscripted content. |
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Creative Arts Emmys: Irish producer wins Emmy for My Next Guest with David Letterman |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Irish producer Seamus Murphy-Mitchell has won a Creative Arts Emmy for his role as executive producer on Netflix’s My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney. |
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Screen Ireland announces appointment of chair Ray Harman and board member Catherine Magee |
| 23 Aug 2024 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has announced the appointment of Ray Harman as the new Chair of the Board of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland -- announced today by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., who also announced the appointment of new Board Member, Catherine Magee. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up - August |
| 22 Aug 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including a Best Feature nomination for Kneecap at the EU Film Awards 2024, the MEDIA Supported Training: Audiovisual Women, and the DocCelerator Galway taking place this October. |
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Scholarships and new workshops for award-winning SETU TV and Media Production course |
| 22 Aug 2024 | The postgraduate course was developed by SETU Waterford and Nemeton TV in partnership with Udarás naGaeltachta and has been successfully preparing new media talent since 2006. The course is currently accepting applications for the upcoming iteration, which commences again on September 23rd. |
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Filming underway in Ireland on Lynley reboot from Salt Films and Playground for BBC Studios and BritBox International |
| 20 Aug 2024 | More than 15 years on from the finale of the BBC’s mid-noughties adaptation, BritBox International, Wolf Hall producer Playground, and Salt Films have begun production in Ireland on a new version of Lynley. |
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