U-Taoiseach (uNdunankulu wase-Ireland) kanye namalungu engeziwe kahulumeni wase-Ireland, okuhlanganisa neNxusa lase-Ireland e-United States kanye noNgqongqoshe wase-Ireland Wezamasiko, Amagugu kanye ne-Gaeltacht bamukele ukubuyiswa ngempumelelo kwe-IrelandWeek kanye ne-IRELANDCON e-Los Angeles. I-IrelandWeek (10/25 -11/3) isekelwa uHulumeni wase-Ireland ngoMnyango Wezangaphandle Nohwebo kanye nenethiwekhi Yesikhungo Sezwe. Ngenqwaba yemicimbi ehlanganisa umculo obukhoma, imidlalo yaseshashalazini, ubuciko obubonakalayo, ifilimu, i-TV, ezemidlalo, ezobuchwepheshe, ezohwebo nezopopayi, i-IrelandWeek igxile kakhulu ekuletheni i-Ireland emhlabeni, kanye nomhlaba ubuyele e-Ireland.
Emukela ukubuya kwe-IrelandWeek, uTaoiseach (uNdunankulu wase-Ireland) u-Leo Varadkar uthe, “I-Ireland ne-LA babelana ngombono womhlaba wonke kanye nobudlelwano obungokomlando, namuhla obufakwe amandla amasha, agqugquzelwa isizukulwane esisha sabasunguli, osomabhizinisi kanye namaciko, ukusebenza ndawonye ezindaweni eziningi ezahlukene. Kuleli sonto, i-Los Angeles izojabulela ubuciko namasiko ase-Ireland angcono kakhulu, okuhlanganisa umculo, izinkondlo nefilimu evela kwabanye babaculi nabadlali besimanje abaphambili kakhulu. Ngincoma abahleli ngokuhlanganisa enye i-IrelandWeek enhle kakhulu futhi ngiyazi ukuthi labo ababambe iqhaza ohlelweni lwalo nyaka bazothola i-Ireland yanamuhla okuyindawo yokulangazelela, lapho kuchuma khona imibono nemicabango, uzakwethu webhizinisi ozimisele nonekhono kanye nesiqhingi somhlaba wonke isikhungo somhlaba.”
Inxusa lase-Ireland e-United States, uDan Mulhall, uthe, “Ngikujabulele kakhulu ukuba yingxenye yeVeki yase-Ireland yokuqala yangonyaka odlule, ngohlelo lwalo oluhlukahlukene noluhlaba umxhwele. Ngibheke phambili kokunye okufanayo kulo nyaka futhi ngifisa ukubonga bonke abahleli ngomzamo wabo omkhulu wokukhombisa i-Ireland e-LA. "
UNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko, Amagugu kanye ne-Gaeltacht e-Ireland, uJosepha Madigan, uthe, “Ukubaluleka kwezobuciko, amasiko nokwenza amafilimu enhlalakahleni yezenhlalo nezomnotho yase-Ireland ngeke kugcizelelwe. Uhulumeni wase-Ireland uyaziqhenya ngezimpumelelo [zabalingisi base-Ireland, abaqondisi nabalandela ochwepheshe bamakhamera] futhi uyababonga kakhulu ngokuthuthukisa i-Ireland, izwe lethu elincane endaweni kodwa elikhulu ngezifiso.”
Ngo-Okthoba, uHulumeni wase-Ireland umemezele ukwelulwa kwesinxephezelo sentela sase-Ireland sezimboni zamafilimu, zethelevishini nezopopayi. Lesi sandiso sithuthukisa futhi isikhundla se-Ireland njengendawo ephambili yokuqopha. Lapho ememezela ukunwetshwa kosizo, uHulumeni uphinde wamemezela ukuthuthukiswa okusha okujabulisayo kokunye ukukhululeka kwentela okungafika ku-5% emikhiqizweni, etholakala ezifundeni zase-Ireland.
Umthelela wase-Ireland eHollywood awunakuphikiswa, ochwepheshe bamafilimu base-Ireland babamba uhlu lwabaqokiwe minyaka yonke. Kulo nyaka nje, isici sika-Nora Twomey esigqwayizayo, i-Breadwinner, sihamba phambili ngokuqokwa kwethalente lase-Ireland kuma-Academy Awards ka-2018 sihambisana no-Saoirse Ronan, u-Consolata Boyle, u-Martin McDonagh no-Daniel Day-Lewis.
