Built to Last: How Ireland Supports Thriving Production, Post and VFX Businesses

At some point, the green wave stops being a wave and starts being the waterline. Ireland doesn’t need to announce its arrival on the global screen stage anymore. It just keeps delivering.

Production spend hit a record €544 million ($632.7 million) in 2025, a 26% jump on the previous year, all against a backdrop of global industry disruption.

Irish creative talent is nominated at the Academy Awards in acting, visual effects and animation. And “Hamnet,” starring Irish actors Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, won best drama and best actress at the Golden Globes and took outstanding British film and best actressat the BAFTAs. It’s also nominated for eight Oscars.

So the question is no longer whether Irish screen and talents can compete globally, but how it built something this durable — and how far it can go.

“It’s been another incredible year for the industry,” says Désirée Finnegan, chief executive of Screen Ireland,…