Concerns about continuity of care as Tusla changes 3,000 children’s social workers
“If you read any research with care-experienced voices – every piece of research talks about the importance of continuity of care.”
This is actually the story of two men. One of them has his head in the clouds and the other has his feet planted firmly on the ground.
It’s a coming-of-age story set in Dublin: north, south, and centre. “I was trying to look for new locations that haven’t been on camera before,” he said.
A young woman searches for her missing son through a miasma of her memories and dreams in director Viko Nikci’s surreal feature film debut, writes Luke Maxwell.
Director Bertie Brosnan takes a candid look at the downsides of celebrity in this “behind-the-scenes featurette”, writes Luke Maxwell.
This documentary shows couples and individuals recounting romantic rendezvous under the iconic Clery’s clock on O’Connell Street. It looks at things worth cherishing from that time, and things best left in the past.
Nine years after a savage sexual assault Ailbhe Griffith meets her attacker face-to-face in a mediated environment in “The Meeting”, the difficult new film from Alan Gilsenan.
“I can say wholeheartedly, and with some embarrassment, that I wasted my time fretting over whether Black ’47 is all it was made out to be. It’s a special kind of picture for many reasons.”
This portrait of the noted Provisional IRA member combines fascinating interviews with occasionally hokey dramatisation.
Set in the lost-and-found office at a train station in a small Irish town, Liam O Mochain’s latest film “charms us with its winsome worldview”, writes Luke Maxwell.
The narrative lets the film down but there is plenty to admire in “Dublin Oldschool”, writes reviewer Luke Maxwell.
Cartoon Saloon’s latest animated feature tells the story of young Parvana’s life under the Taliban. “There is hard work and humanity in every frame,” writes Luke Maxwell.
This hypnotic story of man, nature, and poetry in the Burren is “enthralling from beginning to end”, writes Luke Maxwell.