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2022 - 10 - 30

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An Cailín Ciúin: 'A breakthrough moment' for Irish language films (BBC News)

The film recently surpassed UK and Ireland box office records and has been submitted as Ireland's entry for Best International Feature at the 2023 Academy ...

Never before has there been as much support for Irish film, but some are calling for more. "The reduction in funding from DCMS will impact the number of projects that can be supported and the number of training places and skills development that can be supported in 2022-23." "A one-year increase in production funding is challenging to manage as it increases demand for the funding from the production companies which cannot be met in future years," it said. "It's so important that the Irish language is being developed for films and television - we're trying to grow the independent sector," says Ní Chonláin. The film is set in 1981 and follows nine-year-old Cáit, who is withdrawn and neglected, as she is sent to live with her distant relatives in County Waterford and finally finds herself in a loving home for the first time. Irish language cinema is having "a breakthrough moment" after An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) became the highest-grossing Irish language film of all time.

Driving ambition: Oliver O'Hanlon on Henry Ford in Ireland (The Irish Times)

Ford Motor Company opened its first purpose-built factory outside of North America in Cork.

The move was championed by Henry Ford, who wanted to help develop industry in Ireland. A hearthstone from the cottage in Ballinascarthy was built into the mansion’s wall. It was there that Henry Ford was born in 1863. Three members of the extended Ford family had made the same trip in the 1830s, so the new arrivals had some assistance to help them settle in. By the time Henry arrived in Ireland in the summer of 1912, hundreds of thousands of Ford Model Ts had been produced for the American middle-class who finally got its first affordable car. William emigrated to America with his parents in 1847 and settled on a farm in Wayne County, Michigan.

Average home loan now higher than at peak of Celtic Tiger era (Independent.ie)

The average mortgage taken out by homebuyers now stands at €284,623, according to figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). In the first ...

Last month more than 5,300 mortgage applications were given the green light, with almost half of these for first-time buyers (FTBs). This also marked an increase from €263,750 in 2020. The average mortgage taken out by homebuyers now stands at €284,623, according to figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). However, house prices stabilised in the third quarter as a rising number of homes were placed on the market. The interest rate during the first quarter of 2008, the last time mortgages peaked in Ireland, stood at 4pc before rising to 4.25pc that July. In the first quarter of 2008, the average mortgage was €268,220.

Ireland's Fittest Family recap: Nugents and Davy Fitzgerald go ... (Irish Examiner)

A good day for the clans from Louth and Monaghan on Ireland's Fittest Family, but tonight's episode marked the end of the line for the Cork family.

Next up, it’s time for old favourite ‘Hanging Tough’ which we’re told is the “ultimate test of willpower.” I’d argue not ordering a Coke with my spicebag is tougher but whatever you say Maloney. Indeed it can — our first challenge of the night is a newbie, ‘All Tyred Out’. Coach Anna Geary has two families in tonight’s quarter-family, the McNally's from Monaghan and the Gallaghers from Donegal. There’s the McNally’s from Monaghan who are taking the competition very seriously, with Dad Owen erecting homemade torture devices — sorry we mean 'challenges’ — for his kids to practice at home. Davy Fitzgerald is also tasked with getting us hyped up for tonight’s events. A series of thoughts run through my mind when watching the first of two quarter-finals in RTÉ’s Ireland’s Fittest Family.

Message to the planet (The Irish Times)

Sir, – A recent showing of Our Planet in the 3Arena in Dublin included the deeply moving witness statement by Sir David Attenborough about the damage to our ...

Go-Ahead bus contract extended despite complaints and ... (The Irish Times)

Private operator to keep 25 Dublin bus routes until at least October 2024.

A spokeswoman for Go-Ahead said the firm “does not discuss specific details regarding service contracts and routes”. It was also reported that Go-Ahead had been fined more than €850,000 by the NTA for failing to meet performance targets in the first six months of the year. The NTA said it was “not satisfied with the performance of other operators as well over recent months” hence the penalties applied for “below-target performances”.

Denis Walsh: World Handicap System giving 'bandits' more scope to ... (The Irish Times)

In our complicated relationship with cheating, golf makes no allowances. Unlike in field sports, for example, where any number of atrocities are pardoned by ...

Uniquely, golf remains a game of self-regulation, which gives the rules a kind of divine omnipresence: you walk with them for 18 holes, and are expected to apply them with good conscience. Among the claims made for the system before it was introduced, though, was that it would be harder for handicap bandits to cheat. Or is it us, the 280,000 Irish club golfers, and local wardens of the system? For handicap cheats, that was an invitation to accelerate the process of manipulation. Any run of form that beats the average is a source of delight. Sport is full of overblown trivialities; in golf, every swing carries the risk of explosive exasperation, and a range of other unedifying responses.