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The two men behind Tara Studios are keen to get started on the project of constructing film studios at Borleagh Manor in Inch as soon as they can.
While Ivan Dunleavy and John Gleeson acknowledge there s still a way to go in the process, they say they have been greatly encouraged by the public s reaction to their plan.
Based at Borleagh Manor in Inch, Tara Studios received planning permission at the end of January for seven studio stages, ten workshops, two office buildings and a security building. There will also be landscaping on site to include mature trees for visual screening, the creation of a 430-space car park and a 2.4 metre high security fence.
In a recent announcement, Wexford County Council has green-lit the planning permission for the construction of Tara Studios a proposed 250,000 square feet, state-of-the-art film studio at Borleagh Manor, just north of Gorey.
The new facility will include seven sound stages along with supporting buildings on the 160-acre site - a significant new contribution to the Irish film industry.
Screen Wexford, the county’s film and television agency, has welcomed the announcement, describing the new studios as a major step forward for the county and also nationally.
Linda Curtin, Screen Wexford s Film & Television Co-ordinator, sees this as
“a key vote of confidence for Wexford and its up-and-coming film industry, both for jobs directly in the sector and also for ancillary employment and tourism.”
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