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'''Ward Anderson''' was a [[movie theatre|cinema]] chain in [[Ireland]] until 2013.<ref name=final-cut>((cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/final-cut-legal-battle-for-irish-cinemas-ends-in-a-draw-29023326.html|title=Final cut: legal battle for Irish cinemas ends in a draw; Wards and Andersons divide a €30m empire|work=Sunday Independent|date=27 January 2013))</ref> It was the largest chain in Ireland and operated cinemas throughout [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[Northern Ireland]]. It was not a single company but was a group of companies such as Provincial Cinemas Ltd., the Dublin Cinema Group, the Green Group, and so on, owned by its founders, half brothers Leo Ward (born 1919) and Kevin Anderson (born 1915),<ref name="patrod">''Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema'' by Roderick Flynn and Patrick Brerton. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, 2007. ((ISBN|978-0-8108-5557-1))</ref> and its brands were managed by members of their families.

Until it was divided in 2013,<ref name="final-cut" /> the group ran two main chains - [[Omniplex Cinemas]] and [[Irish Multiplex Cinemas]] - which operated in many provincial towns in Ireland. The typical cinema owned by the group had between five and ten screens. They also used the Cineplex brand name. The group's companies owned 23 cinemas in Ireland and 12 cinemas in Northern Ireland.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.omniplex.ie/|title=Omniplex Cinemas - Book film tickets & get movie times|first=Collaborative Software|last=Limited|website=Omniplex Cinemas))</ref>((citation needed|date=March 2012))

The group's flagship was the [[Savoy Cinema]] in [[O'Connell Street]], [[Dublin]]. It also owned the [[Screen Cinema]] in [[D'Olier Street]], which tends to show more alternative films.

==Split==

The two families fell out after the Andersons signed a deal to build a cinema on the Stephen's Green shopping centre, without notifying, or involving the Ward's in the new cinema. The new cinema would have been in direct competition with their jointly owned cinemas in [[Dublin]] city centre, The Savoy, and The Screen.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/rep_bodies/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282840&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Omniplex to Open Stephen’s Green Cinema &#124; The Irish Film & Television Network|website=www.iftn.ie))</ref> This resulted in a long-running legal struggle that led to a major case in Four Courts in which the Ward and Anderson families eventually agreed to split their cinema empire in January 2013.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/bitter-family-dispute-worthy-of-a-box-office-blockbuster-1.549419|title=Bitter family dispute worthy of a box office blockbuster|first=Simon|last=Carswell|website=The Irish Times))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-20213038.html|title=Mediation urged in bitter row between cinema owners|first=Ann|last=O’Loughlin|date=November 6, 2012|website=Irish Examiner))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/final-cut-legal-battle-for-irish-cinemas-ends-in-a-draw-29023326.html|title=Final cut: legal battle for Irish cinemas ends in a draw|website=independent))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/final-scene-in-cinema-dynasty-feud-ends-in-break-up-1.966622|title=Final scene in cinema dynasty feud ends in break-up|first=Pamela|last=Newenham|website=The Irish Times))</ref>
 
The agreement to divide the assets allocated 23 cinemas to the Anderson family including the 13-screen Cork Omniplex and 22 other cinemas in their Omniplex Cinemas Group. The Ward family were allocated 12 cinemas in their Irish Multiplex Cinemas group, including the [[Savoy Cinema|Savoy]] and [[Screen Cinema|Screen]] cinemas in Dublin.

Paul Ward and Paul Anderson, who are the sons of the co-founders of the Ward Anderson Group, Leo Ward and Kevin Anderson, operate each of the cinema chains separately.<ref name="final-cut" />

==Former Cinema locations ==

===Ireland===
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*[[Athlone]] (IMC) 6 Screen
*[[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]] (Cineplex) 6 Screen
*[[Carlow]] (Omniplex Digital) 8 Screen
*[[Clonmel]] (Omniplex) 5 Screen
*[[Cork (city)|Cork]] (Omniplex) 13 Screen
*[[Drogheda]] (Omniplex) 4 Screen
*[[Dublin]] ([[Savoy Cinema]]) 6 Screen
*[[Dublin]] ([[Screen Cinema]]) 3 Screen
*[[Dublin]] (Swan Omniplex) 4 Screen
*[[Dún Laoghaire]] (IMC) 13 Screen
*[[Dundalk]] (IMC) 7 Screen
*[[Galway]] (IMC) 10 Screen
*[[Kilkenny]] (Omniplex) 4 Screen
*[[Killarney]] (IMC) 5 Screen
*[[Limerick]] (Omniplex) 12 Screen
*[[Longford]] (Omniplex) 4 Screen
*[[Mullingar]] (IMC) 6 Screen
*[[Oranmore]] (IMC) 6 Screen
*[[Santry]] (IMC) 11 Screen
*[[Tallaght]] (IMC) 14 Screen
*[[Thurles]] (IMC) 5 Screen
*[[Tralee]] (Omniplex) 8 Screen
*[[Tullamore]] (IMC) 7 Screen
*[[Wexford]] (Omniplex Digital) 8 Screen

===Northern Ireland===
*[[Antrim, County Antrim|Antrim]] (Omniplex Digital & Omnimaxx) 10 Screen
*[[Armagh]] (Omniplex Digital) 4 Screen
*[[Ballymena]] (IMC) 7 Screen
*[[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]] (Omniplex) 7 Screen
*[[Belfast]], Kennedy Centre (Omniplex Digital) 8 Screen
*[[Carrickfergus]] (Omniplex) 6 Screen
*[[Derry]] (Omniplex) 7 Screen
*[[Dundonald, County Down|Dundonald]] (Omniplex Digital) 8 Screen
*[[Enniskillen]] (Omniplex) 7 Screen
*[[Larne]] (Omniplex Digital) 8 Screen
*[[Lisburn]] (Omniplex) 14 Screen
*[[Newry]] (Omniplex) 9 Screen
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==References==
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[[Category:Former cinema chains in the Republic of Ireland]]

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