It's to be 'lights, camera, action' soon as work on a €5 million National Film School at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) began this week.

The Irish Republic's Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan approved the Drumcondra project and said it was a major capital project for the suburb of Dun Laoghaire, just south of Dublin.

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The new 1,315sq/m film school will accommodate 385 students, with courses in film, television and radio brought together in one building.

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