Troy Studio has opened its doors at Plassey Technological Park, Limerick when more than 600 people were told of the wide range of job opportunities which the city’s new film industry offers.

The distance between Hollywood and Limerick is set to get a whole lot shorter as plans for an international film studio based in the Treaty City leap ahead.

Artist Michael Farrell died in self-imposed exile in France, appalled by the Troubles. A retrospective here reaffirms his status in the Irish pantheon, says Tina Darb O’Sullivan