Even if the order of colours on his St Patrick’s Day sash jarred with some (was this the Ivorian or Irish national day?), New York mayor Zohran Mamdani and his team clearly did their homework before speaking to an Irish audience this week. In a break from the traditional pleasantries about construction workers and green … Read more
Dubliner Richard Baneham adds to Ireland’s Oscars tally with Best Visual Effects win The Journal Principal hails Richie Baneham’s Oscar hat trick RTE.ie Who is Richard Baneham, the Irish animator who just won his third Oscar? Irish Examiner ‘This is everything, truly, truly everything’ Richard Baneham adds to Ireland’s Oscar tally with Avatar win EVOKE Parents of two-time Irish … Read more
Wait, but aren’t all these awards shindigs a bit silly? How can one piece of art be judged against another piece of art? It will all seem more logical if we remember that the point of any awards ceremony, whether it’s the Sausage Roll Awards or the Oscars, is to market the industry in question … Read more
George Bernard Shaw Adapted screenplay, 1939 George Bernard Shaw on a visit in Los Angeles answering questions from the American journalists around him. Photograph: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Yes, yes, George Bernard Shaw and Bob Dylan are the only people to have won both an Oscar and Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw, also the first … Read more
The nominations for the 2026 Oscars will, when they arrive at lunchtime on Thursday, certainly have an Irish presence. It involves no spoiler to reveal that Jessie Buckley, searing in Hamnet, is runaway favourite for best actress. Paul Mescal, her costar, will probably sneak into the supporting-actor race. Two Irish titles, Retirement Plan and Éiru, … Read more