The Irish Times

Wicklow the backdrop for Netflix’s number one show as Vikings: Valhalla claims top spot

What have the Vikings ever done for us? Boosted Irish screen tourism is latest answer

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 15:43

Sale of studios confirms Irish screen industry’s successful audition

Ardmore and Troy set to become part of major US operator amid streaming boom

Fri Aug 13 2021 - 20:28

Netflix series Valhalla secures Irish tax relief of up to €30m

Revenue figures show Vikings spin-off was among largest Section 481 beneficiaries in 2020

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 20:21

Lights! Camera! Action! for €150m State-backed Greystones movie-studio plan

Project is a joint venture between John Sisk and Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 16:35

Wicklow production of Vikings spin-off temporarily halted after virus tests

About a dozen crew and cast members returned false positive results for Covid-19

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 21:48

Screen Ireland’s Désirée Finnegan rewrites script for 2020

Interview: CEO of film, TV and animation agency explains changed focus since Covid-19

Wed Jul 22 2020 - 05:05

All quiet on set: How do you make a TV drama in a crisis?

Shows from Fair City to Succession try to navigate new shooting rules after shutdown

Sat Jun 06 2020 - 05:00

Screen romances can no longer be sealed with a kiss, so what next for TV and film?

Insurance woes will be among the hindrances lying in wait for halted industry

Tue Apr 28 2020 - 03:10

Screen industry calls for help as pandemic pause takes its toll

Irish production companies are struggling to survive despite huge demand for content

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 05:36

Film and TV woes unlikely to end with safe restart

Even if productions can resume, devastated industry will endure unwanted drama

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 05:05

Brexit skeletons, Anglo art and the fashion for film studios

Planet Business: Who runs the world?

Fri Feb 21 2020 - 04:35

Screen Ireland hopes for happy ending despite Brexit sadness

Chief executive Désirée Finnegan signals return of cherished slate funding for producers

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 17:14

Screen Ireland unveils slate of 40 productions coming to international market

Agency responsible for developing screen industries said sector contributed €357m to economy last year

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 11:34

Vikings helps Ashford Studios to profits of €2.14m

Netflix production Vikings: Valhalla to be shot at Wicklow studio

Wed Nov 27 2019 - 17:37

Ardmore expansion raises questions about future direction

The Wicklow studio has avoided fading to black, thanks to new opportunities in international TV-making

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00

Vikings spin-off Valhalla to be filmed for Netflix in Wicklow

On-demand giant commissions new version of TV saga made in Ashford Studios

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 21:30

Vikings and Into the Badlands pay staff €36.5m in 2018

TV productions shot in Ireland employed more than 1,000 people between them last year

Thu Mar 28 2019 - 19:51

Ashford Studios secures permission for €90m expansion

Bord Pleanála grants Wicklow production base of ‘Vikings’approval for five new studios and support space

Wed Jan 30 2019 - 17:51

‘Vikings’ wannabes have an axe to grind as open call returns

There was no shortage of facial hair at this year’s auditions for extras for the TV drama

Tue Aug 29 2017 - 18:51

A cinema city on Dublin Bay: shot in dark or shooting for the stars?

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Vikings’ are already made in Ireland. New film studios, including one planned for Poolbeg, hope to capitalise on that TV-drama boom

Sat Jan 21 2017 - 05:50

Stage set for Ardmore Studios sale following Limerick drama

Burst of development in sector long held back by shortage of studio space

Thu Oct 20 2016 - 06:45

Rural Ireland needs better broadband to compete globally

‘To me broadband is as important to rural areas as electricity,’ says TD Stephen Donnelly

Mon Feb 16 2015 - 07:45