Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s media regulator, has announced almost €6.4 million in funding for a wide range of new radio and TV productions as part of the latest round of the Sound & Vision scheme. Round 58 will support and promote new and culturally significant programmes for Irish audiences, including in the Irish language, for broadcast across national, regional, local and community broadcasting services. The funding package includes €725,000 for 47 radio projects and €5.6 million for 21 TV projects.

Welcoming the funding announcement, Media Development Commissioner for Coimisiún na Meán Rónán Ó Domhnaill said: “This funding will allow for the continued support for a variety of programming for a diversity of audiences across all of Ireland. It will also support and foster creativity and greater sustainability within the broadcasting and independent production sectors. Over €2.9 million will support Irish language or bilingual projects and this will increase the range and sources of Irish language programming content across a range of channels.”

“We also want to acknowledge the continued support of our Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan who was able to secure over €1.4 million in exchequer funding for this round of the Sound & Vision Scheme,” added Ó Domhnaill.

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, added: “The Sound and Vision scheme has, for the past two decades, been an essential means of protecting, preserving and enriching our cultural and creative diversity, providing invaluable support for the production of high-quality public service content. The additional funding that I have provided will enable continued support for our broadcasting and independent production sectors, while enhancing the availability of Irish language productions, empowering our creative storytellers and promoting a diverse range of content for Irish audiences.”

An Coimisiún’s Sound & Vision Scheme continues to be oversubscribed, having received 172 applications requesting a total of €20.3 million. A significant volume of high-quality applications were submitted for assessment, in particular TV Drama projects, both series and feature film. The selection of successful applications provides an overall balance of funding and programming that addresses the scheme’s objectives and adds to the variety of viewing options for Irish audiences. Successful drama projects will make up 24 per cent of the funding allocated and includes funding for a new Irish language family film based on the novel The Island of Horses by Eilís Dillon

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