tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438091720222629659.post2694743977524964796..comments2022-03-25T02:25:20.797-07:00Comments on Irish Film Portal: Endemic and SystemicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438091720222629659.post-36440910158117117742012-03-27T02:03:50.031-07:002012-03-27T02:03:50.031-07:00The Mahon tribunal was right to say the corruption...The Mahon tribunal was right to say the corruption in Irish political system was endemic and systemic. If its brief was to take into account Irish business, OK it probably would never get published because of the length of time it would take to investigate, however if it did the results would be equally damming.<br />In my opinion that also applies to Irish film. Without any forensic investigation it is clear to see particularly in recent years that a golden circle has gained almost total control of what happens in Irish film. There is a complete lack of scrutiny of how taxpayer’s money is used - examples such as SPI getting 50,000 subscription per year as a lobby group, investment in The Lighthouse cinema, monies invested in Volta, investment in Ardmore, and there is much more. It's becoming a little like the banking sector of the past.<br />The same few people are shuffled into RTE and the IT to give us the same mantra that all it wonderful in Irish film, (at least if you’re in that circle that is). Like the banking crisis both RTE and the Irish Times take everything they say at face value. The control of the sector rests in the hands of less than 20 people, while everyone else scrambles to make living rates of pay and conditions for actors and technicians have fallen dramatically in recent years, with the exception of set builders who appear to have some spell over SPI.<br />Irish life and business is as corrupt as ever, time well paid journalists went out and did some decent investigating instead of talking everything a face value.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com