Writer gets US backing for local film

A CORKMAN who recently won a Hollywood award for the “best screenplay unproduced” has received backing from studios in Los Angeles to shoot his first film.

Mark Mahon from Rochestown is to shoot part of Strength and Honour in Cork later this year.

The 33-year-old won his award for his script Freedom Within the Heart, the story of Brian Boru, which he describes as an Irish version of Braveheart and which he hopes one day soon will grace the big screen.