‘Jimmy’s Hall’ by Ken Loach. Live Film Shoot in Sligo!

Last Monday & Tuesday The Mall Sligo was alive with Actor’s, Extra’s, Cameramen & some famous faces along with a very impressive filmset which transformed the street opposite The Model back to 1930’s Ireland. Ken Loach was let loose with his dedicated team onto the street to film the upcoming

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Seamus Heaney

We are all deeply saddened today to hear the news that Seamus Heaney has passed away. It’s not often that one can say they’ve had the pleasure of spending an hour in the company of one of the legendary figures of Irish literature. However that honour was mine last year

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Yeast, Yeats and Yoga: Creative Camp is over. We asked Laura McGowan what went down

‘We’ve had a fantastic few days here at The Model. There have been warrior poses, sticky dough and cats dancing to the radio. We’ve stretched and kneaded dough, making rectangle oval and square shapes. We made yummy bread and scrumptious pizza. We stretched and strengthened our muscles with the Swan

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Unidentified Flying Artists REPORT

A group of intrepid space explorers are meeting at The Model this week to build magical spacecraft, find new planets and explore new worlds. ‘‘Day 1.Going into space, we explored the vast cosmos, imagining the planets, solar systems and stars up in space. Then we picked our own, special planet

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Bored pre-teens at home?

The Model’s vibrant and original education programme runs into August with a slightly off the wall and dynamic workshop for pre-teens. Introducing: Yeast, Yeats and Yoga : Creative Camp The creative camp merges clever and cool activities such as baking bread and meditation with a bit of Yeats history and

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