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IFTA 2012RTÉ’S CRIME DRAMA ‘Love/Hate’ has emerged as the big winner at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards, which were held in Dublin last night.
The acclaimed series took seven awards, including the main prize for best TV drama series, best director for David Caffrey, best TV writer for Stuart Carolan and best editor for Isobel Stephenson.
Aiden Gillen (John Boy Power) was named best lead actor in a TV drama, with Tom Vaughan Lawlor (Nidge) taking the supporting actor award, and Denise McCormack (Linda) taking the best supporting actress gong.
Ruth Negga – who also appears in the series – won the Best TV Actress award, for her portrayal of a young Shirley Bassey in the Welsh TV biography ‘Shirley’.
Other TV awards were taken by RTÉ’s ‘Prime Time Investigates’, for its expose on the Home Care Scandal, while Brendan O’Carroll’s ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ was named the best entertainment programme.
‘ICA Bootcamp’ was the best reality programme, while the Eamonn Coghlan ‘Man on a Mission’ documentary was the best sporting programme of the year.
The best TV moment of the year, as decided by a public vote, was Stephen O’Donnell’s penalty for Shamrock Rovers – aired on Setanta Sports – which secured a 2-1 away win at Partisan Belgrade and secured qualification for the group stages of the UEFA Europa League.
In the film categories, ‘The Guard’ was named best film, while director John Michael McDonagh took awards for Best Director and Best Screenwriter.
Fionnula Flanagan, who was also presented with a lifetime achievement award by President Michael D Higgins, also won the best supporting actress award in film categories for her role as Brendan Gleeson’s mother in that film.
Irish co-production ’Albert Nobbs’ also took four awards, with Glenn Close named best international actress, as well as taking score awards for Brian Byrne, make-up awards for Lynn Johnston and best sound.
Michael Fassbender was named Best Actor in film categories for his acclaimed role in ‘Shame’, while Saoirse Ronan took the parallel actress award for her title role in Joe Wright’s ‘Hanna’.
Chris O’Dowd was named best supporting actor for his role in Hollywood hit ‘Bridesmaids’.
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ was named best international film, while Ryan Gosling was named best international actor for his leading role in ‘Drive’.
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Meanwhile 8000 army personnel in barracks with little to do all day…
@Aire Dezamba:
Its a nice thought ? You don’t expect the Army to to police hooligans on public transport Draft all the hooligans into the Army
@Alan Scott: no I am expecting them to get rid of the gangs and drug dealers.
@Aire Dezamba: it’s funny that so many areas there is no money for. Yet every budget , there is over an extra half billion for an already insane welfare spend …
An Garda Siochana have enough to tackle without being involved in the issues involving public transport. Ticket checks by inspectors on Dublin Bus are as rare as they’ve ever been. Anti social behaviour, drug use and dealing and fare evasion are rife on our public transport system and no Minister give a flying fcuk because they don’t use it, unless it’s first class service on Irish Rail. Meanwhile the general public run the gauntlet going about their business and hope they get home from their days work with their belonging in tack and their clothes odour free of smoke. It’s time for a dedicated transport police policy.
@Paul Linehan: I was on the luas going to Broadstone there was a ticket check on the way there and another one on the way back I returned on the red line with no sign of a check on either side.
@Alan Scott: To be fair to the Luas. I’ve seen plenty of ticket checks on both lines and security interventions for anti social issues.
FFS I’ve been saying it for years as it’s been everywhere else in the world for years. Fukin no brainer ideas take generations to be seen as sensible in this country.
@Pip: I’m not aware of any country apart from Britain with a transport police. NYC merged theirs with the NYPD some time ago
So the only alternative is when public service vehicle’s been stoned is to make all of the Communities suffer by pulling the service? You put that against Ministerial cars been stoned you will get a swift reaction from the Garda .Two sets of rules for the same job.
Cosy relationship with the government in the top brass of the Gardaí, any attempt to usurp the elite and offer another force to compare the performance of the Gardaí will obviously be met with reluctance. Charlie Flanagan acting as a mouthpiece for those in charge of the Gardaí. Why does the article not have a quote from the Garda commissioner on this proposal?
@BreadBasketCase: harbor police were disbanded against Garda wishes. Airport police are glorified security and an Garda siochana has repeatedly called for the airport police to become a fully fledged police force.
So really, your talking shite
Flanagan belongs in a retirement home!
Many thanks to all engaging in antisocial behavior on green luas and other posh “specific areas”. Without you this would never have been possible.
CCTV is great but it’s after the fact.
The value of Police presence is worth so much more.
Meanwhile they send 400 Garda to Donbeg,Co.Clare to “protect” Trump!
@F Fitzgerald Ne Reeves: when?
Full of sh*t
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