Darcus Beese worked his way up at Island Records from teaboy to president. Along the way, he discovered everyone from Amy Winehouse to Hozier. Now he’s coming to Ireland for the inaugural Music Cork record industry seminar, writes Ed Power.

A young Irish director will get the chance of a lifetime to have a short film screened at an international movie festival if it scoops the top prize in a competition in Belfast next month.