James Hickey

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(...)

Should the State do what some EU members are already doing and introduce levies on subscription video-on-demand companies to boost funding for Irish-p(...)

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 will sponsor a sold-out international networking event for female talent at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Monday. The event is (...)

As you read this, the lower decks of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes are awash with producers, distributors and funders. There has been all kinds o(...)

Screen Ireland, the organisation previously known as the Irish Film Board, has appointed Désirée Finnegan as its next chief executive. She will repla(...)

Images of Johnny Patterson, Ireland’s famous singing clown, often betray a certain wistfulness around the eyes, as if he was a man born with a strong (...)

A psychological horror about an ominous sinkhole, an Atlantic-set thriller with a mysterious sea monster and a black comedy featuring “possessed magpi(...)

“Want to be part of Screen Ireland’s narrative?” reads the job advertisement for one of the most important cultural positions in the State: chief exec(...)

In a very successful night for Irish film talent at the British Independent Film Awards, the Element Pictures-produced The Favourite won 10 awards, an(...)