The Irish Times

U2’s Bono lobbied government on housing, database shows

Singer had phone call with Minister for Finance earlier this year

Fri May 22 2020 - 20:47

Alan Cox: Pirate radio to marketing boss

Core chief talks transparency, creativity, tech regulation - and a ban on emails after 7pm

Fri Jul 20 2018 - 05:45

No room for film studio in Poolbeg planning scheme document

Dublin Bay Studios fails to secure 20-acre site on former Irish Glass Bottle/Fabrizia land

Mon Jan 23 2017 - 17:46

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

Dublin Port boss ‘open-minded’ to film studio plan

Eamonn O’Reilly says he has seen no detailed proposals for studio on Poolbeg peninsula

Mon Jan 09 2017 - 21:23

Dublin Port boss says Poolbeg film studio plan is ‘daft’

Chief executive rejects ‘mad’ proposal for Hollywood-style complex on the peninsula

Fri Dec 30 2016 - 01:00

Up to 3,000 homes to be built on former Irish Glass Bottle site

Dublin Port Company will not release any lands for film studio project backed by Bono

Fri Dec 16 2016 - 01:00

Film studio will not threaten Poolbeg housing plan

Project backer says the €80m complex will not be developed on Irish Glass Bottle site

Tue Nov 22 2016 - 21:31

Bono plays pivotal role in Dublin’s Hollywood studio drama

Originators of plans for Ringsend project say U2 singer’s assistance proved invaluable

Wed May 25 2016 - 10:53

Hollywood-style film studios planned for Dublin

Scheme has potential for 3,000 jobs and site earmarked on former Irish Glass Bottle plot

Wed May 25 2016 - 01:00

Where the gardens sweep down to the Liffey

When Windmill Lane producer Russ Russell was approached in the 1980s by a builder keen to acquire his Rathmines house, he agreed but only if he could relocate to a home on the banks of the Liffey

Thu May 19 2016 - 05:30