David Puttnam

Film-maker

Success of Irish actors needs more public spending on film, says Oscar winner

David Puttnam says Government needs to invest in film industry at school level

Sat Dec 14 2024 - 16:46

Oscar winner David Puttnam says film production can play role in ‘shared’ Ireland

Acclaimed producer says governments North and South should invest in cross-Border culture to build mutual understanding

Wed Oct 23 2024 - 19:00

Chariots of Fire still at the core of why some Olympic stories will never grow old

David Puttnam’s classic take on the 1924 Olympics in Paris still resonates with athletes of today

Sat Jul 13 2024 - 06:00

David Puttnam – The Long Way Home review: Heart-warming exploration of an Englishman’s love affair with Ireland

Television: Englishman’s films burn with fierce moral conviction. That same decency has informed Puttnam’s feelings towards Ireland

Thu Jun 20 2024 - 23:15

David Puttnam: ‘The Irish invented immigration and went through every single form of the immigrant experience’

Partly because the film-maker and former peer so often praises Ireland, and partly because he is genuinely likable, the West Cork resident has for many become Ireland’s favourite Englishman

Sun Jun 16 2024 - 06:00

‘I’ll tell you what - there are no queues like this in England’ - David Puttnam becomes an Irish citizen

The Oscar-winning film producer applied for citizenship three years ago after Brexit

Mon Jun 20 2022 - 19:00

David Puttnam rues ‘pig-ignorance’ of Ireland in British politics

Film director says he is ‘embarassed’ by tone of debate as he announces retirement from Lords

Fri Oct 15 2021 - 18:00

Response to climate crisis must include the less-well-off, says President

Michael D Higgins tells Borris festival a wider societal response will be required

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 21:25

New Ireland: New ideas by David Puttnam, Dermot Desmond, Catherine Motherway and more

We asked leading experts for changes that could improve how we live

Sat Jun 19 2021 - 06:00

‘What the film says is that you can hold on to your principles, and still emerge a winner’

David Puttnam recalls series of accidents that helped make Chariots of Fire a classic

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 09:45

Is there a better closing scene in any running film than Chariots of Fire?

A hymn plays at Abrahams’s funeral and young men run barefoot on an open beach

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 06:00

How to fund your postgraduate education

Awards, scholarships and grants are available to help fund your masters or PhD

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 01:00

Photographic record of Covid-dominated year to be prepared by press photographers

Annual awards ceremony on live stream from Dublin city centre on Friday evening

Thu Feb 25 2021 - 16:27

David Puttnam: Misinformation pandemic may eclipse Covid-19

Without trust, democracy as we know it will simply decline into irrelevance

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 00:11

Alan Parker, director of The Commitments, dies aged 76

Oscar-nominated film-maker passed away ‘following a lengthy illness’, says family spokeswoman

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 17:34

BBC under siege as government threatens to scrap licence fee

London Letter: Filmmaker David Puttnam among those standing up for broadcaster

Thu Mar 05 2020 - 21:05

Miriam Lord’s week: Varadkar set for family Christmas in Mumbai

Taoiseach’s father will celebrate 80th birthday in the land of his birth

Sat Dec 14 2019 - 05:16

Unions to meet RTÉ management over proposed job cuts

Strike action not ruled out as management to be asked specifics of ‘work-practice changes’

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 02:22

RTÉ needs government rescue plan, says Moya Doherty

Chair of broadcaster’s board claims it will struggle to adapt without licence fee rise

Sat Nov 09 2019 - 22:14

Ken Loach: What’s Britain doing owning part of Ireland?

The director who has spent 50 years poking the establishment on Brexit, right-wing broadcasters and the gig economy

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 06:00

Campaigners welcome decision quashing plastics factory in Skibbereen

Save Our Skibbereen group hope US company behind bid will now abandon project

Tue Jul 30 2019 - 19:13

David Puttnam: ‘I feel no sense of identity for the country I grew up in ’

The British filmmaker and Labour peer is deeply troubled by Brexit

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 06:30

All the town’s a screen at the Fastnet Short Film Festival

With screenings on walls and buses, this year’s festival in Schull – its 10th – will include David Puttnam, Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan, Pat McCabe and Lenny Abrahamson

Thu May 17 2018 - 05:00

Ireland’s most expensive school hopes Brexit bounce will drive enrolment

Nord Anglia to charge up to €24,000 for day pupils at its Leopardstown campus

Thu Dec 28 2017 - 01:00

Private school enrolment returns to boom-time high

Numbers at boarding school also rising, with fees ranging from €8,000 to almost €23,000

Thu Dec 28 2017 - 01:00

‘House of Cards’ author to address Cork history festival

Willingness of Michael Dobbs to speak indicates potential of new event, says organiser

Wed Jul 19 2017 - 10:03

Ballymaloe’s LitFest will not be back in 2018

The food festival, which created some great memories last weekend, is taking a one-year break

Mon May 22 2017 - 16:00

Going to Ballymaloe Litfest? Here’s your survival guide

Who not to miss, where to eat and drink, and how to get home after a late night in The Big Shed

Fri May 19 2017 - 12:00

Ballymaloe Litfest: food for the soul added to the menu

This year’s food and drink extravaganza in Co Cork will be looking at the bigger picture

Sat May 06 2017 - 10:00

The science of everyday things

Science Week brings more than 120 events around the country in a celebration of all things scientific

Thu Nov 10 2016 - 05:50

Brexit compromise will avoid hard Border – David Puttnam

British peer and west Cork resident believes EU will not do anything in its Brexit negotiations that would be likely to worsen the Irish economy

Mon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00

EStreet website allows rural traders to sell goods together online

Site provides a digital presence for 11 Skibbereen stores but hopes for a national rollout

Fri Oct 07 2016 - 11:40

Food file: Saba marks Thai festival with five-course banquet

Plus: Clodagh McKenna demonstrates breadmaking; west Cork gears up for its annual food festival; and Italian chef Alberto Magnano gives a pasta masterclass

Fri Aug 19 2016 - 07:30

Ludgate Hub: Bringing Silicon Valley to Skibbereen

1 gigabit broadband set to transform rural connection to global marketplace

Thu Aug 04 2016 - 05:55