EurAV director scoops top award at Italian festival
EurAV’s Executive Director, Declan Cassidy, is the recipient of the Italian Fusion Festivals ‘Best Film’ award at the event recently. The social film maker, who qualified for Oscar consideration in 2010 with his multi-award-winning Irish Film Board-funded short on homelessness “Whatever Turns You
TikTok fame for local barman
An act of Drogheda hospitality has catapulted The Punt’s barman, Phil, into TikTok stardom and sent the popular social media platform’s Guinness aficionados into a heated debate over the correct way to pour a pint of ‘the black stuff’. It took just a
Drogheda steps up to host Spanish visitors
When local non-profit organisation, EurAV, was called upon to host a one-day international workshop with representatives from two Spanish organisations who had never set foot in Ireland before, it was a challenge for Drogheda to showcase the country, and send the Spaniards away
TV series shows the way with local foods
Apple cider vinegar to replace wine, spelt berries to replace rice and broad beans to replace chick peas – these are just some of the innovations that emerge from a new community TV series, as non-Irish nationals take on the ‘Romancing Ireland’ challenge.