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LAST UPDATE | 14 Feb
IT’S THE IRISH Film and Television Awards tonight, and Irish celebrities have gathered together to celebrate the very best of Irish screen productions.
Currently taking place at the Royal Convention Centre in Dublin, stars such as Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott, Saoirse Ronan, Nicola Coughlan, and Kneecap are in attendance – with many of the aforementioned up for awards in various categories.
The event is hosted by comedian and presenter Kevin McGahern.
Aside from the various categories, actor Colm Meaney has also been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The 71-year-old’s first acting credit is from 1978.
Irish language film Kneecap has a total of 17 nominations, leading the way. Disney + series Say Nothing has ten nominations. Bad Sisters, created by Sharon Horgan, has eight, while Bodkin and The Dry both have seven.
Saoirse Ronan has won both Lead Actress in a film for The Outrun, and Supporting Actress – Film for her role in Blitz.
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy has won Lead Actor in a film for the acclaimed adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novel, Small Things Like these.
Kneecap director Rich Peppiatt has won Best Director. The film has also picked up awards for casting, editing, and costume design.
International Actor has been given to Ralph Fiennes for his role in Conclave, while Demi Moore had picked up International Actress for her starring role in The Substance.
International Film has been won by Conclave.Colin Farrell has won Lead Actor in a drama for The Penguin in a stacked category that included nominees Micheal Fassbender, Aidan Turner, Andrew Scott, Ciarán Hinds, and Anthony Boyle.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Colm Meaney
SCREEN IRELAND – IFTA RISING STAR
Anthony Boyle
BEST FILM
Small Things Like These
DIRECTOR – FILM
Rich Peppiatt- Kneecap
SCRIPT – FILM
Enda Walsh – Small Things Like These
LEAD ACTOR – FILM
Cillian Murphy – Small Things Like These
LEAD ACTRESS – FILM
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
SUPPORTING ACTOR – FILM
Brían F. O’Byrne – Conclave
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM
Saoirse Ronan – Blitz
COIMISIÚN NA MEÁN BEST DRAMA
Bad Sisters
DIRECTOR – DRAMA
Dearbhla Walsh – Bad Sisters
SCRIPT – DRAMA
Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters
LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA
Colin Farrell – The Penguin
LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA
Lola Petticrew – Say Nothing
SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Say Nothing
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
Hazel Doupe – Say Nothing
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Conclave
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Demi Moore – The Substance
GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
The Flats
LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Clodagh
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Dembaya
CASTING
Kneecap – Carla Stronge
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bird – Robbie Ryan
COSTUME DESIGN
Kneecap – Zjena Glamocanin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Abigail – Susie Cullen
HAIR & MAKE-UP
The Apprentice – Sandra Kelly, Tom McInerney
SOUND
Oddity – Aza Hand, Hugo Parvery
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Fréwaka – Die Hexen
EDITING
Kneecap – Julian Ulrichs & Chris Gill
VFX
Shögun – Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry
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Boo! – Apple have done away with the Irish cailín (pale skin, red hair) who used to represent many Irish women – now we’ll have to choose between a blonde or a brunette. Bring back the redhead!
Tiocfaidh ar la.
Does that mean that only those people who have installed this will see the new emoji ?
Yes is the answer. This is an Irish flag test:
The flags work as special control letters representing the abbreviation for countries. On Android phones they usually show up as just the control letters, so, as always, an Irish flag can be displayed but only as a blue “IE”, not an actual flag. The system (at least before lollipop, not sure if its changed) never supported the actual flags but would just show the control letters instead.
WhatsApp does that too, but only if it encounters a combination it doesn’t have a flag for.
Any for android?
It just requires characters U+1F1EE and U+1F1EA to be entered in sequence ( a special “I” and a special “E”) but the system won’t display them as a flag. Apple hasn’t really added a new character. Just the ability to correctly recognise the combination.
Android, as of 4.4 anyway, doesn’t display any of these combinations as flags (not even U and S). Just as the control letters that make them up. Applications on android that don’t use the system emojis (WhatsApp and Facebook messenger for instance) may add support sooner, since they both support flags
I like that they’re in the kind of pop up menu thing so you don’t spend ages scrolling. Nice one.
I always thought the Irish flag would be a lot nicer without the orange
Go back to Limerick
The davedunne comment above is not me. It is a dam imposter. I am flattered all the same. I in all honesty don’t give a bollix about flag’s.
The davedunne comment above is not me. It is a dam imposter. I am flattered all the same. I in all honesty don’t give a bollix about flag’s.
Fine gael don’t approve ..
Anyone else not have the option of downloading the new update?
Note to self:
Block Brian Tong
Excited to see the Irish Tricolor being represented.
I would be more excited when my Android Galaxy S6 starts representing my flag!
What kind of phone do you have?
Ireland/…Ivory Coast flag
All I can say is
Noooooo. Fail, all the emojis didn’t show up
What a lot of
Erik just point g out he has the new S6
˙˙˙sᴉɥʇ pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟᴉ sᴉ ʇI
Why don’t android phones have flag emojis?
Flag on WhatsApp is Ivory Coast not Irish
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