Behind the Scenes Archives

DÉSIRÉE FINNEGAN’S NEW FUND

July 16, 2020

LOOKING AT the lists of recent handouts from Annie Doona’s Screen Ireland (SI), it is unclear if need has been taken into consideration... Read more »

Susan Bergin Marlowe Mullingar Film Studio RTÉ Self-Employment

THE PEOPLE’S THEATRE

July 16, 2020

WITH THEATRES particularly badly affected by Covid-19 and suggestions that people are in no hurry to return to the enclosed venues, Goldhawk wonders... Read more »

ROSE McHUGH’S GOOD NEWS

July 2, 2020

ON HER way out the door of the Department of Culture, Josepha Madigan dished out €102,000 to the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork.... Read more »

SARAH DILLON’S WRAPPED HANDOUTS

July 2, 2020

FANS OF GOLDHAWK will be familiar with the workings of the Western Region Audiovisual Producer’s (Wrap) Fund, headed up by Sarah Dillon. It... Read more »

BONO’S FILM STUDIO ROLE?

June 18, 2020

THE NEWS that James Morris and Alan Moloney’s proposed 48-acre film studio and ‘media park’ in west Dublin is to involve the son... Read more »

RHA GALLERY’S ROADMAP

June 18, 2020

THE GOOD news is that the RHA Gallery re-opens in late July, although a max of 40 visitors an hour will be permitted,... Read more »

JIGS AND REELS AND LEGAL FEES

June 4, 2020

A THIRD set of High Court proceedings has just been initiated in connection with a row between some high-profile Irish traditional music and... Read more »

SPINNING AT LISSADELL

June 4, 2020

WITH THE music festival season shot to bits, the only light at the end of the tunnel is the announcement by the owners... Read more »

SKELETON CREW AT SCREEN IRELAND

June 4, 2020

THE BOARD of Screen Ireland (SI) is looking pretty depleted these days, with the terms of three board members having ended in March... Read more »

MIRIAM ALLEN’S EDIT

May 21, 2020

IN THE wake of similar announcements from Galway 2020 and the Galway Arts Festival, Galway Film Fleadh (GFF) chief executive Miriam Allen announced... Read more »

UPDATING THE HERITAGE COUNCIL

May 21, 2020

AS THE coalition negotiations drag on, more state boards are running out of time. One of these is the Heritage Council, where historian... Read more »

EOIN COLFER’S COFFEE

May 7, 2020

BESTSELLING children’s fantasy fiction writer Eoin Colfer got a pat on the back recently from the Irish Mail on Sunday, which headlined a... Read more »

ELAINE GERAGHTY’S SURVEY

May 7, 2020

THE PANDEMIC has put a stop to assorted film and TV productions and has shone a spotlight on the precarious nature of work... Read more »

CATHAL GAFFNEY’S SIX SHOOTS

April 23, 2020

THE FILM and TV business is going through an existential Covid-19 downtime, but the public purse is always open, as evidenced by the... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S LEGACY

April 23, 2020

WHILE COMMENTATORS speculate on the make-up of any new cabinet, culture minister Josepha Madigan’s name is noticeable by its absence. She has only... Read more »

TRISTAN’S GOOD NEWS

April 9, 2020

JUST AS the nation’s film and TV producers are facing into the Covid-19 production abyss, Michael O’Keefe’s Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has announced... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S PR INITIATIVE

April 9, 2020

JOSEPHA MADIGAN suffered some Covid-19 political pain when her PR initiative to provide funding for artists and pat herself on the back was... Read more »

SHARON ALSTON’S CHARITY GIG

March 26, 2020

AS WE keep being reminded, the coronavirus does not recognise borders. Nor, indeed, does it recognise pop stars. Along with sporting events and... Read more »

MAUREEN KENNELLY’S SUCCESSOR

March 26, 2020

GIVEN THE solid financial standing of Poetry Ireland (PI) and its high place in the pecking order as far as the Arts Council... Read more »

MAUREEN KENNELLY’S TOP JOB

March 12, 2020

THE APPOINTMENT of Maureen Kennelly as director of the Arts Council – to succeed Orlaith McBride, who was in situ for nine years... Read more »

CULTURE NIGHT RECORDS

March 12, 2020

LAST WEEK, the Irish Heart Foundation kicked up over the alleged failure of certain public officials to keep records of meetings with lobbyists... Read more »

PICKING UP THAT BAI BOUNTY

March 12, 2020

WHILE THE spotlight turns regularly on the winners in Michael O’Keefe’s generous Sound & Vision funding rounds at the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland... Read more »

IN PRAISE OF MARIAN KEYES

February 27, 2020

WHILE GOLDHAWK has noted John Banville’s effective marketing of his latest novel, another writer who has been the subject of a huge amount... Read more »

FUNDING ‘JIHAD JANE’

February 27, 2020

MACDARA KELLEHER and Morgan Bushe have become major players in the film business in recent years with their tie-in to Troy Studios, where... Read more »

JOHN BANVILLE’S BLACK BOOK

February 27, 2020

HAVING ADMIRED the wily John Banville’s hype offensive for his latest buke, The Secret Guests, Goldhawk could not resist giving it the once... Read more »

JOHN BANVILLE’S ROYAL FLUSH

February 13, 2020

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of a new annual Irish literary award last week came as a pleasant surprise to Irish writers, who have had limited... Read more »

ÁINE MORIARTY’S FIVE-YEAR PLAN

February 13, 2020

FANS OF Goldhawk were previously alerted to the disappearance from the 2019 red-carpet calendar of the annual IFTA awards ceremony (see The Phoenix,... Read more »

SCREEN IRELAND AUDITIONS

February 13, 2020

THE CLOSING date has now passed for those interested in joining the board of the National Museum of Ireland (see The Phoenix, 31/1/20)... Read more »

IN AND OUT AT THE ARTS COUNCIL

January 30, 2020

SOME ITEMS in the recent Arts Council minutes caught Goldhawk’s eye. For example, it was noted, “There is still uncertainty over the allowable... Read more »

VARADKAR’S PLOT SPOILER

January 30, 2020

THE UPWARDS trajectory continues for Troy Studios in Limerick, where Siún Ní Raghallaigh, chief executive and shareholder, has proved adept at squeezing public... Read more »

BLAKE LIVELY’S RHYTHM SECTION

January 30, 2020

FANS OF The Phoenix who like their Nordic-Noir detective series may have watched the last episode of Wisting on BBC4 last week, but... Read more »

NEW TUNE FOR THE NCH

January 30, 2020

IT WILL be interesting to see if culture minister Josepha Madigan looks to make a few board appointments before the new government is... Read more »

DÓNALL CURTIN’S COMMITTEE

January 16, 2020

OVER ON Merrion Square, the Arts Council has been adding to its sprawling art collection with the purchase of 19 new works from... Read more »

KEVIN RAFTER’S REQUEST

January 16, 2020

AS FANS of Goldhawk are aware (see The Phoenix, 29/11/19), the Abbey Theatre is looking to fill three seats on its board that... Read more »

MARIAN FINUCANE’S ADVISOR

January 16, 2020

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to hear his old friend, tax accountant-cum-filmmaker Kieran Corrigan, pop up briefly at the end of the radio tribute to... Read more »

THEATRICAL LICENCE AT THE ABBEY

December 12, 2019

VERY LATE in the day, the Abbey Theatre has got around to advertising the three long-unfilled vacancies on its board. Unusually, however, the... Read more »