Jameson signs €1.5m film deal

JAMESON Irish Whiskey signed a deal this week worth €1.5m to sponsor the Dublin International Film Festival for the next three years.

This is the fifth year of the festival, which takes place from February 16 to 25, 2007.

Festival chief executive Rory Concannon, who brought Jameson on board for the first JDIFF in 2002, said the deal would allow the festival to continue its dramatic growth.