Paul Mcguinness
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John Boorman: ‘I have to take a measure of blame for Harvey Weinstein’
- Film
- February 8, 2020, 06:15
In his new memoir, The film-maker reflects on family, putting down roots in wicklow and hollywood sex scandals John Boorman has always savoured (...)

Ardmore expansion raises questions about future direction
- Film
- November 23, 2019, 05:00
Perched on a bluff overlooking the M11 motorway just south of Bray in Co Wicklow, Ardmore Studios is an unglamorous huddle of tatty industrial units c(...)

Pete Townshend: ‘I woke up with a needle in my arm and Phil Lynott standing there’
- Music
- November 9, 2019, 05:00
“Phil Lynott was a good friend, but he was a heroin addict when I knew him,” Pete Townshend recalls. “He reminded me a lot of Jimi Hendrix, who, in th(...)

Pochettino's status still hovers over enthusiasm around Solskjær
- English Soccer
- February 16, 2019, 05:30
Alex Ferguson told a brilliant story from 1973, when he signed for Ayr United at the end of his playing career. In moving to Somerset Park, Ferguson (...)

PopMart: Were U2 making a joke or was the joke on them?
- Music
- October 30, 2018, 05:00
A little after midnight on June 16th, 1997, two Irishmen walked into the US immigration pre-clearance facility at Edmonton International Airport in Ca(...)

What to expect from U2’s Irish shows: the political and the personal
- Music
- October 25, 2018, 05:06
By any yardstick a 61-date world tour is going to be gruelling, not least on the back of a 51-show tour only a year earlier. But the home stretch is w(...)

U2 stars enjoy political and cultural day off in Paris
- Irish News
- September 10, 2018, 20:38
What does an Irish rock star do on their day off in Paris? At the midpoint of their four concerts in Paris this week, U2’s lead singer and bass guita(...)

Laughter fills the air as Luggala laments Garech Browne
- Irish News
- August 11, 2018, 01:00
In a simple ceremony on the edge of Lough Tay, the ashes of Garech Browne, art collector, patron of the arts, and a Guinness heir, were poured into it(...)

Ardmore and Troy team up to lure major movie projects
- Media & Marketing
- April 9, 2018, 06:10
Ardmore and Troy Studios are planning a joint sales and marketing strategy following the takeover of the Bray location by some shareholders in the Lim(...)

Fledgling Limerick film studios flying high
- Media & Marketing
- April 7, 2018
“If you build it, they will come.” It’s a line that might have been written specifically for Troy Studios, rising out of the wreckage that was the des(...)