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Derry Girls Lisa McGee joins university leadership programme

The author of Derry Girls, the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, a rugby star and a top business executive are set to inspire the next generation of leaders as part of a university project. Lisa McGee, Jayne Brady, Tommy Bowe and Sarah ...

31 May 2023 at 10:23

Arts & Entertainment

Barry Keoghan hopes Bafta success for Irish talent will encourage rising artists

Barry Keoghan has said the Bafta award success for Irish talent will encourage artists in the country to “send the scripts in and go for what they want to do”. The Irish actor, 30, picked up the best supporting actor prize for his role in The ...

19 Feb 2023 at 22:14

Derry News

Derry Girls scoops three BAFTA nominations

Hit Channel 4 show, Derry Girls, has been nominated for numerous accolades at the upcoming BAFTA Awards. After a year full of multiple nominations and wins, including at the National Comedy Awards and the Broadcast Awards, the show is up for ...

23 Mar 2023 at 15:57

Arts & Entertainment

Five Irish actors among the nominations at this years BAFTAs

Five incredible Irish actors are among this years BAFTA nominations, and three of them are nominate in the same category. Ruth Negga, Jessie Buckley and Catríona Balfe are nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for their ...

03 Feb 2022 at 16:30

Arts & Entertainment

Strong Irish contingent of Murphy, Keoghan and Mescal lead 2024 Bafta nominations

Irish actors Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan and Paul Mescal are among the nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) film awards. Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic about atomic bomb creator J Robert ...

18 Jan 2024 at 13:09

Northern Ireland

Kneecap make light of ‘handy’ acting business after film earns six Bafta nods

Irish language rap trio Kneecap took a typically forthright swipe at the British establishment after a film about the Belfast band secured six Bafta nominations. Writer-director Rich Peppiatt’s film about the hip hop group from ...

15 Jan 2025 at 14:32

Northern Ireland

An Irish Goodbye actor reveals being starstruck made him late on stage at Baftas

An Irish Goodbye actor James Martin has said he was a “bit late” after seeing Brendan Fraser standing up for him as he headed on stage to celebrate his win at the Bafta film awards. The Northern Irish black comedy, which ...

01 Mar 2023 at 11:14

Northern Ireland

Jamie Lee Curtis and Vick Hope among first stars on Bafta red carpet

Jamie Lee Curtis and Vick Hope were among the first guests to hit the red carpet at the Baftas in London. Curtis, who is nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, arrived ...

19 Feb 2023 at 16:48

Arts & Entertainment

Ten-times nominated Banshees of Inisherin touted as potential big winner at BAFTAs tonight

Colin Farrell could take home his first Bafta at Sunday’s ceremony, where Netflix’s anti-war epic All Quiet On The Western Front leads the pack with 14 nominations. The Irish actor, who has appeared in both Hollywood ...

19 Feb 2023 at 11:23

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Derry Girls brings home Bafta for scripted comedy

The Channel 4 hit show comedy, Derry Girls, has won a Bafta for scripted comedy at the awards ceremony in London. Derry native and the show's writer and creator, Lisa McGee thanked her home city during her ...

17 May 2023 at 16:45

Local News

Kneecap make light of ‘handy’ acting business after film earns six Bafta nods

15 Jan 2025 at 21:30

Northern Ireland

Belfast rap group Kneecap would be ‘very proud’ to scoop best British film Bafta

Belfast rap group Kneecap said they would be “very proud” if they scoop the award for best British film at the Bafta awards. The Irish-language film, also called Kneecap, has been nominated in six ...

16 Feb 2025 at 17:37

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