Troubled Cork Film Festival needs €200k loan

One of Ireland’s longest- running film festivals has requested a €200,000 loan from a local authority to save it from financial collapse.

The emergency request from the board of the Cork Film Festival will be discussed today by members of Cork City Council’s arts committee.

It is expected that board members will address the meeting before the committee issues a recommendation which will be put to a vote at a special behind-closed-doors meeting of the city’s 31 councillors next Monday.