Within five days of the cabinet being formed at the end of January, Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Patrick O’Donovan received a letter of congratulations from Amazon. Signed by Ed Brophy, a former Irish government advisor himself and now in charge of the online giant’s EU strategy and public policy, the letter highlighted the favourable Section 481 tax incentive and the work of Screen Ireland. This had led Amazon to launch original Irish shows, such as LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland, and to relocate the production of the series Wednesday to Ireland, Brophy wrote. Wednesday is a…

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