Ashford Studios submits new €90m planning bid

The Co Wicklow studios where the hit series Vikings, is shot has made a fresh bid for a €90m expansion that would create 1,500 movie-related jobs.

Plans have been lodged by Joe and Shelley O’Connell’s Ashford Studios with Wicklow County Council for phase two of the studio plan at Kellystown in Ashford.

The €90m expansion includes four film studios of 3,716sq m each, a TV studio, offices, support space, and visitor centre in a bid to underpin the development of a TV and film-skills cluster in the county.