Sad news as iconic Dublin cinema will close its doors within a fortnight

Ah crap.

The Screen Cinema on Hawkins Street in Dublin is set to close its doors within a fortnight. According to Broadsheet.ie, "staff have been put on protective notice. "They are moving the booked shows to the Savoy. This has been a long time coming and some of the staff think it’s to do with the regeneration of the area. There are no plans to ever reopen the screen. If a cinema opens up on this site again it’s going to be a multiplex..." Located just around the corner from D'Olier Street, he Screen - formerly The Metropole - has been showing independent films since 1984, long before the likes of the Irish Film Institute and The Light House, and the news that it's to shut its doors comes as a blow to indie cinema in the city.