Ireland failing to cash in on $100bn video game industry

Tax breaks have helped lure film and TV crews, but not the video gaming industry

Games like GTA are played universally across a range of different platforms Pic: Getty

At the famed Chinese Mann Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard on Friday night, Paul Young, the CEO of Oscar-nominated animation company Cartoon Saloon, and Norma Twomey, attended the premiere of what is likely to be their second Oscar-nominated production: The Breadwinner, an exquisitely made animation about a young Afghan girl who disguises herself as a boy to support her family. With Angelina Jolie on board as a producer, the addition of Hollywood star wattage ...