It’s a far cry from manufacturing tweed and knitted sweaters to Hollywood

Paul Cummins has led Telegael for 27 years, turning it into a Gaeltacht-based global company

Paul Cummins

CV: Paul Cummins

Role: chief executive, Telegael

Age:64

Family: married to Frances with three children

Lives: Spiddal, Co Galway

Favourite film: The Longest Day.

Hobbies: Cycling, playing the fiddle

The year was 1988. Nearly every home in Ireland had a television. RTE One was in its fourth decade. Glenroe was marking its fifth anniversary. RTÉ 2 was relaunched as Network 2 and began broadcasting Nighthawks and puppets Zig and Zag were becoming household ...