Oscars success - And the winner is...

Lost in Hollywood’s Oscar excitement — are award-winners unable to complete a speech without crying? — is the role Ireland played in the success of The Favourite. The project had funding from the Irish Film Board — now rebranded as Screen Ireland — and tax relief on the post-production work that was done in Dublin.

Film-makers, writers, actors and critics doubtless take every opportunity to argue at length about the artistic strengths and weaknesses of our movie industry.