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A DATE FOR Mad Mary picked up two awards at the Iftas last night with two Irish Oscar nominees also picking up awards in their homeland.
The IFTA Film and Drama Awards were held in the Mansion House in Dublin and celebrated film and TV productions that are Irish or have Irish connections.
Irish comedy drama A Date for Mad Mary won the major award of the night when it scooped Best Film. Charleigh Bailey also won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.
Elsewhere, Ruth Negga won the award for Actress in a Lead Role while fellow Oscar nominee Consolata Boyle won the award for Costume Design for her work on Florence Foster Jenkins.
Colm Meaney won the award for Actor in a Lead Role for his portrayal of the recently deceased Martin McGuinness in The Journey.
On the TV side, the Irish-filmed History Channel show Vikings won the award for Best Drama. In doing so, it beat competition from Game of Thrones and The Fall among others.
In the TV acting awards, Cillian Murphy won the Best Actor award for his role in Peaky Blinders with Amy Huberman taking the Best Actress award for legal drama Striking Out.
The George Morrison Award for best Feature Documentary was presented to Dave Clarke and Ciarán Deeney for their film Mattress Men.
The documentary tells the story of how Michael Flynn turned his struggling mattress business into a success by creating his eccentric ‘Mattress Mick’ persona.
The full list of winners and nominees is available on the IFTA website.
Are the journal sponsored by Shane Ross?
@Skimothy: sponsored & owned by blue shirts finegael
How many articles are you gonna get out of that softball interview, The Journal?
I’ll say it again because it was deleted earlier….
Shane Ross the TD that roared and shouted in the Dail about everything that was wrong with Ireland and it’s politics. He then became a minister and quickly fell in line with the rest of them.
@Jason Ebbs: very true. A major disappointment indeed
Shane Ross is a messer. The other year the luas and buses were a disgrace in Dublin. Caused over 2 hour delays to many people. I decided to reach out to him. About 6 months later he tells me it’ll sort itself out….
@Madra: I know doctors that can’t sign into email, I wouldn’t be too harsh on this point.
@Alan Walsh: ffs, replied to the wrong comment
@Alan Walsh: 100mg per nocte!
Have we reached peak Shane Ross yet?
@Raymond Tom: nope. But the other chancers must be delighted he’s getting the colonoscopy treatment and not them. Jaysus he was even on Reelin’ in the Years the other day.
Take this for what it is lads and ladies, a funny side point on an interview. Fair enough you don’t like his politics, not a huge fan of him myself, but I’m personally happy to see a politician embrace the funny side of the circus of politics. He’s poking fun at himself for being a flawed human doing flawed human things like the rest of us. Separate the job from the individual and lighten up, it’s an all Ireland final Sunday, enjoy it!
@Y U no spell good?: ye he’s a great comedian
@Y U no spell good?: He sounded like he really enjoyed being a meme, that’s not how any of this works.
@STOIC SAVAGE: might be a new career path for him! :-)
@Cynical: sure who wouldn’t want to be immortalised in a quality meme!
@Y U no spell good?: Finally some good sense
Remember Shane “If I was the Minister for Transport the first thing I would do is remove that toll from the M50 bridge, the people of Ireland have paid enough in road tax to well pay for it”. Once they get their asses under that ministerial desk all perception of who they evaporates.
No self-awareness whatsoever, he actually thinks he came out of it looking good.
Lads there a bit no actually a lot of brown stuff round yer mouths there after each article the journal published on this lad…….should ease up like the
Seriously with all that’s going on this rubbish.
I actually thought this guy was ok until he got elected. What a plonker he turned out to be!
Nothing sadder than an auld fella trying too hard to be cool. The journal seem to love this fella though.
Journal. STOP giving that Man media time. His ego is bigger than his head. Do your job Ross and stop looking for publicity. Journal do your job.
Could be worse, could be photoshopped with Hitler, Stalin, the IMF, Merkel, Pinochet, Pol Pot, CJ…
Shame Ross Pathetic most political
An embezelleing toss pot
I read this article about 15 mins after meeting Shane Ross at a local soccer Mini WC this morning.. ☺
What a idiot
were evaporates
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