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Arran Mhor Tonight on TG4 9:30
The first episode of a new series I edited is to be broadcast tonight on TG4 at 9:30. Arran Mhor takes a look at life on the Donegal island over four seasons with tonights episode being about Spring. The series is made by the same people who made the wonderful series “Bhlian in Inis Oirr”…
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Ras Nominated for Celtic Media Awards
Yesterday the nominations for the Celtic Media Awards were announced and it was fantastic to see Ras Tailtean among those nominated in the best Sports category. I’m really delighted the film is getting some recognition as I’m very proud of my part in cutting it. This year the Celtic Media Festival will be held in…
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Ali is an IFTA Winner and some Valentine Treats!
I have been somewhat remiss at updating this blog in the past few weeks. I’ve been confined to my editing cave toiling away on a project and haven’t had much chance to keep things updated. The big news is of course that not only did “When Ali Came to Ireland” get nominated for an IFTA,…
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Men At Lunch Opens Today
Don’t miss the oppurtunity to go and see Men at Lunch which opens in selected cinema’s across the country today. This is a cracking documentary by one of Irelands finest documentary makers Séan and Éamon O’Cualain of Sonta Films. The film examines the background to the much-copied 1932 photograph of eleven work-men seated on a…
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126 Gallery needs your support so just sign the petition already…
126 Gallery in Galway is facing the prospect of closure because of a drastic and sudden 64% cut of local funding. 126 is extremely important to many artists, curators, critics and administrators who have cut their teeth through this artist-led organisation. They need your help now to make some noise and sign the petition to…
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2012 – When Sport was King
Earlier this week we had the broadcast of When Ali Came to Ireland on RTE One and the entire production staff behind making the film were blown away by the positive feedback we received in person and online. All those nice things people said about it really do make the effort involved in making the…
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When Ali Came To Ireland TONIGHT 6:30
So its 2013 now and my year is getting off to a great start with tonights broadcast of “When Ali Came to Ireland” on RTE One at 6:30. This was a great documentary to work on, a cracking story that belts along with a eclectic mix of characters and a very unique Irish take on…
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When Ali Came To Ireland – IFI Screening
Earlier this month I finished work on an exciting new documentary called “When Ali Came to Ireland”. In 1972 Ali came to Dublin to fight Alvin “Blue” Lewis in Croke Park. This documentary is about that fight, where Ali was in his career, the colourful past of Blue Lewis and the extraordinary story of the…
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Showrunners…From the Edit Suite
Greetings from the Showrunners edit suite… Its been a crazy couple of months and especially so the last few weeks. Editing a feature documentary is an all-consuming proposition and your work-life balance can get thrown somewhat askew, so I’ve become something of a stranger to my friends and family but it will all be worth…
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Dollhouse Opens Today. GO SEE IT!
This has been something of a banner year for Irish film, there cannot have been a year in which so many Irish films were made and/or found distribution. That onto itself is reason to celebrate, the fact that so many of the films have been of a very high standard across a wide variety of…
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