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AN INDEPENDENT radio producer from Scariff has been nominated for an award in the radio documentary category of the prestigious Interna- tional Celtic Media Festival which will be held this year in Ireland.
Paula Carroll of Rag and Bone Pro- ductions previously won the award, regarded as the “Oscars of the world- wide radio industry”, in 2004.
The Celtic Media Festival, held each year in one of the Celtic coun- tries, 1s a celebration of radio, TV and film work produced in those ar-
eas. This year the Festival returns to Ireland for the first time since 1998.
The radio documentary ‘I’ll Find a High Mountain’ tells the story of the O’Donoghues, one of the last Travel- ler families who still take to the road in the West of Ireland every year. Produced by Ms Carroll, it was made with the support of the BCI’s Sound and Vision Scheme and broadcast on RTE Radio One in 2007.
Radio listeners in Clare will be familiar with the work of Rag and Bone Productions through the re- cent, hugely successful series of live traditional music broadcasts “The
Kitchen Sessions’ on Clare FM.
Paula Carroll won the Celtic Media Festival award in 2004 for her docu- mentary ‘Living with Dara’, also broadcast on the Clare station. That also won the World Silver Medal at the New York Festival for Radio Pro- eramming.
Another independent radio produc- er associated with Clare FM, Mary Owens of Well Said Productions, has been nominated in the same category for her documentary on Hanna Gre- ally, who was forcibly detained in a midlands psychiatric hospital for al- most 20 years.
The aim of the festival is to pro- mote the languages and cultures of the Celtic countries onscreen and in broadcasting.
The Festival is an annual three-day celebration of broadcasting, film tal- ent and excellence from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brit- tany and is supported by broadcast, film, cultural and economic develop- ment organisations throughout those Kosta (Once
The awards presentation will be made at the Celtic Media Festival in Galway which will take place from April 16 to 18.