Desiree Finnegan
9 results

2020: The year when home entertainment and media filled the void
- Media & Marketing
- December 22, 2020, 05:15
Even by 2020 standards, Life Worth Living felt like a gloomy title for the November report of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce. It was a refere(...)

Film and TV industry constrained by insurance woes, says Screen Ireland
- Media & Marketing
- December 9, 2020, 19:15
Production insurance remains “a significant challenge” for the Irish film and television industry as it grapples with the risk of Covid-19 outbreaks o(...)

Tech companies face fines for non-compliance with Irish law
- Media & Marketing
- December 9, 2020, 15:08
Online platforms such as Google-owned YouTube and Facebook could be fined as much as 10 per cent of their Irish turnover if they fail to comply with h(...)

Screen Ireland’s Désirée Finnegan rewrites script for 2020
- Media & Marketing
- July 22, 2020, 05:05
Désirée Finnegan was seven months into her role as chief executive of Screen Ireland when every Irish cinema shut down and every mid-shoot film and te(...)

Screen Ireland awards €3.2m in first slate funding since recession
- Media & Marketing
- June 29, 2020, 04:00
Screen Ireland has awarded €3.2 million to Irish film production companies in its first “slate funding” since the financial crisis of 2008. This type (...)

Screen Ireland hopes for happy ending despite Brexit sadness
- Media & Marketing
- January 31, 2020, 17:14
The Irish housing crisis film that won a standing ovation at Sundance, the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney novel Normal People and the 17th century Kilk(...)

Netflix and Amazon should pay levy to Irish industry, says Screen Ireland
- Media & Marketing
- July 20, 2019, 03:55
The Government should consider levying audio-visual services that are not based in the State but target audiences here, to generate funding for Irish (...)

Screen Ireland hosts Cannes women event as it steps up funding parity plan
- Media & Marketing
- May 20, 2019, 05:21
Screen Ireland will sponsor a sold-out international networking event for female talent at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Monday. The event is (...)

Screen Ireland appoints Désirée Finnegan as new chief executive
- Media & Marketing
- April 25, 2019, 14:32
Screen Ireland, the organisation previously known as the Irish Film Board, has appointed Désirée Finnegan as its next chief executive. She will repla(...)