When Penélope Cruz walked onstage at the Academy Awards last March, she uttered three words that marked a turning point for Brazilian cinema: " I'm Still Here." Presenting the award for Best International Feature, Cruz announced the film directed by Walter Salles and starring Fernanda Torres as the winner. Across Brazil, people celebrated in bars and public squares that warm Carnival Sunday night as if the country had just won the World Cup.
Porterhouse, the pub operator and landlord of Forged's Glasnevin-based brewery, locked the doors of the facility sometime in April after a dispute emerged over alleged unpaid rent, industry sources said. The rent dispute eased sometime in late August or early September, with Forged allowed back into the facility where brewing has since taken place, sources said. It suggested that some kind of payment or agreement was reached between the parties over the matter.