Cantillon: Ireland’s animation sector is well placed to take advantage of content splurges

Ballyfermot College of Further Education graduate: ‘There are no straight lines in life’

Kilkenny-based studio has already received three Oscar nominations

The co-founder of Cartoon Saloon on teaming up with the A-list star for their Oscar-nominated animation, and using cartoons to help children make sense of the world

Co-founder of Dunbia crowned EY Industry Entrepreneur of the Year

Winner will receive €15,000, a laptop and see their design used on Easter Monday 1916

Kilkenny’s elite animation house, makers of ‘The Secret of Kells’ and ‘Song of the Sea’, is competing with the best of Hollywood – for a fraction of the money

Founder of Kilkenny animation studio Paul Young talks Oscars, raising finance and working with Angelina Jolie

Oscar-winning actor teams up with Cartoon Saloon for animated feature ‘The Breadwinner’

‘If we have a fan in Donegal or Kansas they can find our film on Netflix’

‘Ideas are fine, but they don’t work until the group makes them work’

Film notables such as John C Reilly, Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera set to attend

Series already shown on RTÉ Junior will now reach international audiences

Tomm Moore’s animation called ‘Song of the Sea’ is the surprise Best Film winner

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s satire and Grand Budapest Hotel both receive four awards

Irish productions only seen at home if they’re success abroad, Song of the Sea’s Tomm Moore says

Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ is odds-on favourite for best picture

Two films seem to be battling for the Palme d’Or: Mr Turner and Winter Sleep

Storytelling sessions in a London park inspired a contemporary version of Deirdre of the Sorrows