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# Bord Scannan na hEireann

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# Storyland
Will one of these new RTÉ dramas be the next big thing?
The winners of the latest Storyland competition, which previously spawned Hardy Bucks, has been announced.
# Jimmy's Hall
'The Wind that Shakes the Barley' director Ken Loach to film in Ireland
The director of the 2006 Palme d’Or winner is to film “Jimmy’s Hall”.
# film board
Broadcaster Bill O'Herlihy named as Irish Film Board chairman
The new board was announced today and also includes actress Kate O’Toole, cinematographer Seamus Deasy and Dr Annie Doona of Dun Laoighaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
# Investment
Irish Film Board projects received €118m in foreign investment in 2012
The foreign investment for the 30 projects was 11 times greater than the €10.5 million investment by the Irish Film Board.
# TV
Gabriel Byrne to play lead in TV adaptation of John Banville crime series
Banville said Byrne is the “perfect” choice to star in the series – which he penned under the pseudonym Benjamin Black.
# Television
Third BBC drama to be filmed in Ireland
UK television is to spend €13 million in Ireland in the first quarter of the year.