Film-makers take role in tax break plea

THE country’s top film-makers and screenwriters appealed to the Government yesterday not to axe the valuable tax incentives enjoyed by the Irish film industry.

Oscar-winning director Neil Jordan, screenwriter Roddy Doyle and directors Conor McPherson, Aisling Walsh and Gerry Stembridge are heading a campaign to retain the lucrative tax incentives.

They said the tax breaks had driven the successful Irish film industry in the past 10 years generating 180 films and TV dramas.