I HAVE rarely been struck so forcibly by a film documentary as I was by Paul Duane’s Barbaric Genius when I saw it last year, writes Arts Editor, Marc O'Sullivan.

SEASONED WRITER AND REVIEWER

A quality cast for a Maeve Binchy story set in the world of reality-type TV, in which an American and an Irish women, facing personal turmoil, swap lifestyles.

The Irish Film Board (IFB) has said films co-financed by the board in the first three months of 2005 have been snapped up for overseas distribution.

Arts Minister John O’Donoghue paid a visit today to the star-studded film set of Maeve Binchy’s Tara Road.