I run the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and can usually be found somewhere in the present moment.
Dublin
Joined February 2010
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Thanks so much to @PublishingIRL for a great insight into inspiring breath of ideas of books available to option at event today!
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“He had a duty to stay alive, to feel hope and to be interested in the future, while she had come to some peace with herself. Nothing could hurt her now.” Flash fiction by Hugo Hamilton. nyer.cm/Z8ULQ8M
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🚨CAMPAIGN UPDATE | @IrishEquity and @geraldnash hosted an information meeting in the @OireachtasNews today to call on the Government to support @Labour amendment on improving conditions in the audio-visual industry. #Unionise #WeAreSIPTU
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Delighted to host a briefing with @IrishEquity members today ahead of the debate on @labour’s amendment to the Finance Bill tomorrow.
We want better and fairer treatment for performers & all workers in the sector, treatment that’s on a par with international counterparts.
🚨CAMPAIGN UPDATE | @IrishEquity and @geraldnash hosted an information meeting in the @OireachtasNews today to call on the Government to support @Labour amendment on improving conditions in the audio-visual industry. #Unionise #WeAreSIPTU
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Blown away today by vision of @geraldnash @RBoydBarrett in building a legacy for screen industry by working to get fair legal contracts for directors in the Irish screen industry @pb4p @labour @malcolmbyrne @IrishEquity @DeptCultureIRL @Osnodaig @ScreenIreland
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The clear message from my engagement with the audio-visual sector at home & abroad was for the need to increase the cap on the S481 Tax Credit
Today’s increase to €125M is a major boost for investment & employment in the Irish film & TV sector for years to come 🎥
#Budget2024
ALT on the set of The Banshees of Inisherin
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SDGI stands in solidarity with #DirectorsGuildofAmerica as it fights for fair remuneration, healthcare, pension contribution, creative rights,safer sets. Digital streaming is a global industry, it is essential that creative talent share in its success #FightingForOurFuture
Congratulations @ColmBairead!!! – at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland
Great opening from Minister Rima Abdul Malak on singing of French Irish Co-production treaty @ScreenIreland @cathmartingreen @RimaAbdulMalak @cnc_et @ministriedelacul @IrlEmbParis
‘People wouldn’t show my work – or even reply to me’: Veronica Ryan on her Turner prize triumph theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Ireland has taken a step toward enacting a #levy on #streaming services that may provide the local production industry with €25 million.📺
At least 25% of the funds will be devoted to programmes in the Irish language🇮🇪
Read @tim_dams via @Screendaily
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via @NYTimes Great to see @deerblahblah @SharonHorgan #badsisters on this list nytimes.com/2022/12/01/arts/…
One study reports that making a film adapted from a book increases box office revenue by 35%!! Check out @PublishingIRL books available for option @DublinBookFest @ILFDublin
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This afternoon, President Higgins met with @birchhh, Executive Director of @screendirectors, along with a number of the organisation's board members at Áras an Uachtaráin
Thanks so much to @ARRIChannel @2_47drama @TeachSolais1 for supporting directors today! @screendirectors – at Dublin City, Ireland
Celebrating the stories and the magic screenwriters create! #zebbies @WritersGuildIRL
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Honoured (and delighted) to have been appointed Editor of The Irish Times. I’m beyond proud to have the chance to work with such exceptionally talented journalists irishtimes.com/media/2022/10…
Great to hear the @ScreenIreland data that Ireland is one of the top 20 countries supplying content to streaming services worldwide @LouLouRyan – at Dublin City, Ireland