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2015 and all that.
I have to say 2015 was a most enjoyable year. Professionally I may not have worked on the same volume of work as I did in 2014 but this year I had the luxury of working on longer form projects that more than made up for it. I also made the decision early on that…
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All episodes of The Couch available now.
You can now watch all six episodes of Yvonne Tiernan’s excellent online series ‘The Couch’ on the RTE Player. I had the pleasure of cutting the series during the summer and its a lovely project that I’m very proud of. The series was directed by Anna Rodgers (national treasure Anna Rodgers) and produced by David…
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Arkle wins at the IFTA’S!!!
On Thursday last, the Arkle documentary I cut won the IFTA for Best Sports at what was a lovely evening in the Burlington (It will always be the Burlo to me). It was such a good day that its taken me this long to write about it! I was absolutely thrilled for Arkle director Luke…
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Sky Road Film Festival This Weekend.
The Sky Road Film Festival kicks off this weekend with a whole host of screenings and talks. Among the selected films are GAA USA and Under Open Skies, 2 sports documentaries I cut last year. Under Open Skies is a nostalgic look at Irelands abondoned Handball Alleys that dot the countryside. Produced by Heather Mills…
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Ifta Nominations for Arkle and GAA USA
I was delighted this morning to see that 2 shows I edited were among the Nominees for the IFTA Television awards to be held in Dublin in 3 weeks time. Unfortunately both Arkle: The Legend Lives On and GAA USA are up against each other in the sports category. To further complicate the matter my…
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‘Gooch’ film wins Kinsale Shark award
I was delighted and somewhat surprised to see that ‘The Toughest Road Back’ won a Silver Shark Award this weekend down in Kinsale. The short online documentary about Kerry football legend Colm Cooper’s difficult journey back to recovery after a terrible knee injury won in the Irish Digital Online Video category. I cut the film…
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Second Captains in San Fran
Its been a while since I posted anything on my blog. I’ve been somewhat snowed under working on a project all summer. You’ll hear all about that when its ready. In the meantime here is a short piece I cut for my office mates Second Captains. It chronicles their visit at the start of the…
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World Premiere of ‘An Klondike’
Delighted to be heading to Galway today for the world premiere of ‘An Klondike’, the first western film to be shot in Ireland. The film is directed by one of my favourite people in the world, my old housemate and my oldest friend in this crazy of ours, Dathai Keane. I’m thrilled for him that…
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Chance to see new theatre in London this Friday…
People of London, you’ve a golden opportunity to see some exciting theatre this weekend. On Friday at 4pm in the Gielgud Theatre, RADA you can catch a rehearsed read-through of a new work by Maureen O’Connell entitled ‘Good Girl’ Alexandra comes runner up in a Page 3 Contest and will only get the winning money…
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‘Waterloo:Na Laochra Gael’ TG4 8:00 Tonight
Today marks the 200 year anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. A documentary I cut about the Irish and Scots who fought that day ‘Waterloo:Na Laochra Gael’ airs tonight at 8 at TG4. Heres a little taster…
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