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The Limerickwoman who was one of Irelands film pioneers Updated / Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021 07:14 Analysis: Ellen OMara Sullivan was one of the team behind the Film Company of Ireland which was established in 1916 The story of Ellen OMara Sullivan is intriguing and inspiring. Born in Limerick to a politically active family who ran a successful business, she was not a likely candidate for involvement in the film industry. Yet in March 1916, one month before the Easter Rising, she was part of the tea...

Commercial Radio was the ‘gold rush’ of the late 1980s, and everyone and anyone wanted a piece of the action. There were rock stars, impresarios, lawyers, sportsmen, public relations gurus, stockbrokers and socialites, all prospecting for a licence to print money. These licences, awarded by the Independent Radio & Television Commission (IRTC), were cheap and they held the promise of easy money for the influential, the fortune and the favoured. The reality turned out to be a little different...

Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon take part GOAL Mile charity Christmas run The GOAL Mile event, which would usually attract thousands of people at different events all around Ireland, had to be held virtually this year. Some of the Irish Peacekeepers who completed their GOAL Mile earlier this morning. Picture: Irish Polish Batallion/Twitter Fri, 25 Dec, 2020 - 17:30 Steven Heaney Irish soldiers in Lebanon were among the thousands of people here and abroad who took part in this year’s GOAL Mile ...