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Accessibility on Irish and European VOD: subtitles, sign, description, and the two clocks

Accessibility on Irish and European VOD: subtitles, sign, description, and the two clocks A European viewer who can turn on subtitles for a language they do not…

9 hours ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Europe

AI in Irish and European newsrooms: what Article 50 actually makes you disclose

AI in Irish and European newsrooms: what Article 50 actually makes you disclose A European reader who wants every AI-touched sentence labelled like a cigarette…

12 hours ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Ireland

Irish podcasts as a European export: audio that travels when the schedule does not

Irish podcasts as a European export: audio that travels when the schedule does not A European commuter who has never opened RTÉ Player has often already heard I…

15 hours ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Ireland

European hit versus Irish box office: what the till says that the festival does not

European hit versus Irish box office: what the till says that the festival does not A European film can be a hit in Locarno and a rumour in Limerick. An Irish f…

18 hours ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Europe

Ireland’s co-production treaties: how a film becomes ‘national’ twice

Ireland’s co-production treaties: how a film becomes “national” twice A European producer who says “we’ll just co-pro it” is using a slang word for a treaty act…

1 day ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Ireland

Independent Irish television: Sound & Vision, the 7 percent, and the schemes that actually commission

Independent Irish television: Sound & Vision, the 7 percent, and the schemes that actually commission A European reader who thinks Irish television is “what…

1 day ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Ireland

Forward look: Ireland’s European screen system after the 2026 policy cluster

Forward look: Ireland’s European screen system after the 2026 policy cluster A European reader who has followed Ireland’s screen and media file through 2025–202…

1 day ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Europe

Irish public-service media versus the Nordic model: the licence that would not die

Irish public-service media versus the Nordic model: the licence that would not die A European reader who still thinks Ireland “has a BBC model” is a decade late…

1 day ago · 8 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Ireland

The business of Irish media: licence fee, Exchequer top-up, and the streamer next door

The business of Irish media: licence fee, Exchequer top-up, and the streamer next door Irish media is a cultural conversation that sits on a cashflow statement.…

1 day ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Ireland

Cookies, consent and Irish editorial: what the banner is doing to the story

Cookies, consent and Irish editorial: what the banner is doing to the story A European reader who meets an Irish news or culture site through a cookie wall is a…

1 day ago · 8 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Europe

Diaspora screens: how Irish film festivals abroad build a European (and transatlantic) audience

Diaspora screens: how Irish film festivals abroad build a European (and transatlantic) audience An Irish film that never plays a Tuesday in suburban Dublin can…

1 day ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom

Analysis · Ireland

African and Black Irish creators in Ireland: the census, the forms, and the European room

African and Black Irish creators in Ireland: the census, the forms, and the European room MSMN’s earlier African-storytelling piece asked how demand, diaspora a…

2 days ago · 7 min read · By MSMN Newsroom