FUNDING TO develop a feature film script telling the story of Anglo Irish Bank has been awarded by the Irish Film Board.
It will be based on the book Anglo Republic: Inside the Bank that Broke Ireland by Irish Times finance correspondent Simon Carswell. Two Irish scriptwriters are behind the Anglo Irish project: Eugene O’Brien (who wrote the play Eden) and Neal Rowland (involved in the film Once as development executive at Samson Films).
A €16,000 script development loan was given to the project in the film board’s latest funding decisions announced this week.
Carswell’s book details the rise and fall of Anglo Irish Bank – and the men who presided over it – and examines how its collapse affected the State’s finances.
