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Here is how this works in practice. Irish aerial-drone production runs under IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) commercial-operator certifications and ComReg range planning. With cross-border scene matching into Northern Ireland under UK CAA plan through the CTA. Pilot-roster flow comes through Drone Ireland and Aero Ireland operator pools. This has the same teams that flew aerial second-unit on Game of Thrones (Titanic Studios Belfast + Tollymore Forest + Castle Ward Winterfell + Cushendun Caves + Carnlough Harbour + Downhill Beach Dragonstone across all 8 seasons). Star Wars The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi at Skellig Michael UNESCO in Kerry (Luke's hermitage).

Here is the short of it. Vikings and Vikings Valhalla at Ashford Studios, Foundation Apple TV+ at Troy Studios Limerick, Banshees of Inisherin across Achill Island and Inishmore Aran Islands, Normal People HBO across Sligo, Branagh's Belfast, The Wonder, and the wider Wicklow-Pierce Brosnan Bond filmography. The standard cinema-aerial rig is DJI Inspire 3 with Zenmuse X9-8K Air gimbal (ProRes RAW + ARRI LogC3 emulation). DJI Inspire 2 with X7 carrying CinemaDNG/ProRes for shoots standardising on the older codec. DJI Mavic 3 Cine for compact run-and-gun.

DJI Matrice 350 RTK heavy-lift carrying RED Komodo X, ARRI Alexa Mini LF or Sony Venice 2 on Freefly Movi gimbals.

Here is the breakdown. Permit shepherding is where the difference between a clean shoot and a stalled call sheet shows. Phoenix Park Dublin sits inside off-limits airspace and needs advance IAA planning plus OPW (Office of Public Works) and Garda authorisation. Skellig Michael UNESCO, Giant's Causeway UNESCO and Newgrange Brú na Bóinne UNESCO each carry their own sign-off layers through OPW Ireland. The National Trust Northern Ireland and the World Heritage running bodies, with strict altitude and proximity limits.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The CTA seamless cross-border plan lets crews move between IAA-permitted Republic of Ireland airspace and UK CAA-permitted The North airspace on the same shoot day without extra carnet. This has but flight authorisations must be filed independently with each authority. Atlantic maritime weather (steady 30-50 km/h Wild Atlantic Way surface winds + frequent precipitation + low-pressure systems sweeping Cork to Donegal) drives gimbal-tuning protocols, IP-rated weatherproofed propulsion housings and shortened return-to-home margins. Section 481 32% relief plus the 40% regional uplift makes Donegal, Mayo, Kerry, Galway and The North priority aerial zones.

Bilingual EN/Irish (Gaeilge) crew planning is standard. ATA carnet through Revenue Commissioners clears imported gear cleanly. With seamless onward movement to London via TVM Ireland's cross-border plan.