Article Category: Behind the Scenes

ARTS COUNCIL ARRIVALS

November 14, 2024

ON OCTOBER 29, arts minister Catherine Martin announced the appointment of two new members to the board of the Arts Council (AC), although... Read more »

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ANNUAL 2024: GENOCIDE, ROBOTS AND TAYLOR SWIFT

November 14, 2024

THIS YEAR the cultural arena was dominated by two rather different personalities – Taylor Swift and Benjamin Netanyahu – both of whom managed... Read more »

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FIDGET FEET’S SHORTAGES

October 31, 2024

LAST MONTH saw the launch at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick of Micheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Life in... Read more »

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MARY MCCARTHY’S ADDITIONS

October 31, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO Mary McCarthy et al at the Crawford Gallery in Cork, who have just landed some acquisitions to bolster the national collection.... Read more »

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CRAWFORD GALLERY’S NEW LOOK

October 17, 2024

ARTS MINISTER Catherine Martin is seeking to appoint a director to the board of the Crawford Art Gallery (CAG) in Cork but the... Read more »

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BAD BEHAVIOUR

October 17, 2024

THOSE HOPING for some real nitty-gritty in Susan Liddy and Fergal Rhatigan’s Screen Ireland-funded report for Women In Film & Television Ireland (WFT)... Read more »

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HERITAGE COUNCIL’S CHEAP SEATS

October 3, 2024

HOUSING AND heritage minister Darragh O’Brien has sought expressions of interest in two vacancies on the Kilkenny-headquartered Heritage Council as a result of... Read more »

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PAY DAY!

October 3, 2024

THOSE UNFAMILIAR with Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde’s Tailored Films will be interested to know that “the company’s vision is to be renowned... Read more »

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FESTIVAL CASTING CALL

September 19, 2024

AFTER 13 years at the helm, Willie White is stepping down as artistic director and CEO of Dublin Theatre Festival (DTF). Would-be applicants... Read more »

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A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

September 19, 2024

DÉSIRÉE FINNEGAN’S Screen Ireland (SI) has just launched yet another funding initiative, Perspectives, which is intended to provide “a window into experiences and... Read more »

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MICHAEL WALL’S BAD REVIEW

September 5, 2024

ONE ASPECT of Crowe-Ireland’s review of the corporate governance farce at the Abbey Theatre that has not got its fair share of attention... Read more »

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HICKEY’S PROSPECTS

September 5, 2024

GOLDHAWK PREVIOUSLY reported on the career trajectories of siblings Jack and Lara Hickey (see The Phoenix 19/4/24) and it looks like we are... Read more »

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CATHERINE MARTIN’S ‘NUANCE’

August 22, 2024

GOOD TO see arts minister Catherine Martin finally getting around to advertising the vacancies on the board of the Irish Museum of Modern... Read more »

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PADDY LOU’S LOLLY

August 22, 2024

EARLIER this month (see The Phoenix 9/8/24), when no 2024 quarterly funding decisions had appeared on the Screen Ireland (SI) website, a curious... Read more »

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PETER AIKEN’S NEW GIG

August 8, 2024

THE ADVERTISING blitz right up to the kick-off of the All Together Now festival in the grounds of Henry de la Poer Beresford’s... Read more »

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AFTER SUSAN BERGIN

August 8, 2024

TEN WEEKS after Screen Ireland (SI) chairwoman Susan Bergin resigned three years into her four-year term “due to other commitments”, there has been... Read more »

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INO’S HIGH NOTES

July 25, 2024

OPERA FANS are excited by the news that Irish National Opera (INO), which is chaired by former top legal eagle Jennifer Caldwell, is... Read more »

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RALPHIE RETURNS

July 25, 2024

GOLDHAWK WASN’T too surprised to see his favourite film producer, Ralph Christians, turn up in the trade press ahead of Miriam Allen’s Galway... Read more »

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NEIL JORDAN’S EDITING

July 11, 2024

AMNESIAC, THE memoir of Neil Jordan, has hit the shelves, accompanied by a predictable glut of author interviews diligently name-checking the likes of... Read more »

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PETER HYNES’S HEADACHE

July 11, 2024

STILL NO sign of an advert for the position of CEO of Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI), which is in the process... Read more »

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SMOCK ALLEY’S PATHWAY

June 27, 2024

ACCOUNTS SIGNED off this month for Smock Alley Theatre (SAT) in Temple Bar make clear the state of affairs that has seen Dublin... Read more »

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BOXED OFFICE

June 27, 2024

THE DREADFUL home box-office performance of Irish films will be familiar to fans of Goldhawk. Now, research from Crescine, a €4m cinema research... Read more »

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DOMINO EFFECT

June 13, 2024

NEW GUIDELINES issued by Revenue – following its successful Supreme Court appeal last October regarding the employment status of Domino’s pizza delivery drivers... Read more »

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TARKA RUSSELL’S EXIT

June 13, 2024

SO FAREWELL then to Tarka Russell, who has stepped down from the board of the Glucksman art gallery in UCC after five years.... Read more »

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ARTS COUNCIL ARRIVALS

May 30, 2024

AT LONG last, the membership of the Arts Council, which has a budget this year of €134m, is back to its full complement... Read more »

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ELAINE GERAGHTY’S CONCERNS

May 30, 2024

GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to see the latest lobbying campaign kicking off for Irish movie and TV producers. Hardly had the ink dried... Read more »

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RTÉ’S PLOT TWIST

May 16, 2024

THE 162-page RTÉ report from the “expert advisory committee” on contractor fees, human resources etc is most interesting, not for its focus on... Read more »

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NATIONAL LIBRARY’S NEW EDITIONS

May 16, 2024

A WEEK after Goldhawk asked why the filling of three vacancies at the National Library of Ireland (NLI) was still overdue, arts and... Read more »

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CATHERINE MARTIN’S LATEST VACANCY

May 2, 2024

THE RETICENCE of arts and culture minister Catherine Martin when it comes to filling vacancies on the boards of the national cultural institutions... Read more »

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LYRA V BEYONCÉ

April 18, 2024

IT HAS been hard to avoid Irish singer Laura McNamara (aka Lyra) in recent weeks as the hype machine cranks up around her... Read more »

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LARA HICKEY’S CLOSE-UP

April 18, 2024

THE FILM and TV business has long been one where ‘who you know’ features high on the lists of credits, even more so... Read more »

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EN POINTE!

April 4, 2024

THE DECISION by Anne Maher’s Ballet Ireland (BI) to withdraw a piece choreographed by Israeli Ohad Naharin from its Bold Moves programme raised... Read more »

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SMOCK ALLEY’S BAD REVIEW

April 4, 2024
WITH DUBLIN City Council (DCC) preparing to take over Smock Alley Theatre (SAT) in Temple Bar, the board of the linked Gaiety School of... Read more »

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IRISH OSCAR PLOT SPOILERS

March 21, 2024

Despite all the hoopla around the successful Oscar run by Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Element Pictures’ Poor Things, the delirious hacks have... Read more »

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VICKI NOTARO’S FANS

March 21, 2024

NO SURPRISE to see well-connected former VIP Publishing boss Vicki Notaro attracting some high-level plugs for her upcoming debut novel, Reality Check. These... Read more »

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MICK HEANEY ON SARAH MCINERNEY

March 7, 2024

FANS OF Goldhawk will be aware of Irish Times radio reviewer Mick Heaney’s drooling admiration of Drivetime presenter Sarah McInerney (see The Phoenix... Read more »

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