Cillian Murphy wins greatest lead actor at Irish Movie awards

Cillian Murphy has received greatest lead actor within the movie class on the Irish Movie and Tv Awards (IFTA).

Murphy, who final 12 months additionally picked up the IFTA, and the Oscar, for his position in Oppenheimer, received the accolade for his starring position within the adaption of Claire Keegan’s novella.

The Small Issues Like These star fended off fierce competitors, together with three members of the west Belfast rap group Kneecap, to select up the award for greatest male lead throughout a star-studded ceremony in Dublin on Friday.

West Belfast actress Lola Petticrew and Dublin-born co-star Hazel Doupe picked up awards within the TV class for his or her roles within the Disney Plus TV collection Say Nothing.

IFTA mentioned this 12 months’s nominees “replicate Eire’s unparalleled storytelling on the worldwide stage.”

An Irish-language movie about Belfast rap group Kneecap was nominated in 17 award classes.

The movie’s director Wealthy Peppiatt received greatest director within the movie class and the film additionally picked up an award for casting and costume design.

An IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award was additionally introduced to the actor Colm Meaney throughout proceedings on Friday night.

Addressing the group, Meaney mentioned: “It is a pleasure to obtain this award in my hometown”.

Recognised for his five-decade contribution to movie and TV, Meaney is greatest identified for roles in The Commitments, Underneath Siege, The Damned United, and Star Trek: Deep Area 9.

Lola Petticrew picked up the award for lead actor in a Drama for her portrayal as Dolours Value within the collection Say Nothing.

Say Nothing, which is primarily based on a e book by Patrick Radden Keefe of the identical title, tells the tales of a number of individuals residing in Northern Eire through the Troubles.

The collection stars Lola Petticrew as Dolours Value and Hazel Doupe as Marian Value, younger sisters who had been outstanding members of the IRA.

Among the many tales featured within the collection is that of Jean McConville, who was amongst these murdered and “disappeared” by the IRA through the battle.

Throughout her acceptance speech, Lola Petticrew known as for higher psychological well being companies in Northern Eire.

Petticrew mentioned the collection “asks massive questions” about how individuals in Northern Eire “transfer on” and mentioned that working class households from proper throughout the neighborhood deserve “an honest lifestyle”.

Talking afterwards to BBC Information NI, Ms Petticrew, who’s from the Ballymurphy space of west Belfast, mentioned she wished to lift consciousness in regards to the stage of suicide amongst her friends in addition to different challenges going through working class communities.

Saoirse Ronan received greatest feminine lead for her efficiency in The Outrun, in addition to selecting up greatest supporting actress within the historic struggle movie Blitz.

Based mostly on Amy Liptrot’s award successful memoir, The Outrun is about a younger girl returning to her residence in Orkney to take care of her previous, and her addictions.