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PROGRAMME TWO

ESSIE’S LAST STAND

In this short documentary from Loopline Films, 76 year-old Dubliner Essie Keeling outwitted powerful property developers in a bid to save her dog George and her friends Karl Byrne and Bridget Cooney from homelessness.

Dir. Liam McGrath. 23 mins, Ireland, 2000, Digital

See also Irish Focus: The Rent Strike

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn