Eventually, in 1981, the Irish Film Board was founded by the government to both promote both the national film industry and Ireland as a destination for on-location shooting.
Shootingon Dom Hemingway started in October onlocation in the south of France and London and production will be completed at the Island Studios in Ramsey.
He said Mr Abdulkadir and Mr Awale had travelled to Holland to collect a gun, and all three defendants were recorded on CCTV near the location of the shooting.