Ireland's growing career options in film and drama

The sector’s work includes some of the biggest films and television series, from Marvel Studios’ Wanda Vision and Spiderman No Way Home to FX’s Shogun for Disney Plus

Film and TV have become significant employers in the country through increased production at Ardmore and Troy studios in Limerick (pictured).

That old 1930s Noel Coward lyric cautioning against a career in entertainment — ‘Don’t put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington’ — is clearly outdated for the aspiring drama students of 2024. 

Amongst the new Leaving Certificate Senior Cycle Programmes is the addition of Drama Film and Theatre Studies. The new subjects will be introduced next year for fifth-year students starting the 2025/2026 school year.