IFTA 2021 Best Actor Film: Gabriel Byrne!

The 2021 IFTA Awards were held virtually in Dublin and around the world on July 4. It was a lovely gala affair and, although many of us could not actually watch it live, it was great fun seeing the Twitter feed for the Academy load up each tweet with another […]

Irish Film and Television Academy Award Nominations!

It’s a Father-and-Son Celebration! The IFTA Awards nominations have been announced. Gabriel Byrne has been nominated in the Lead Actor Film category this year for his daring work as Samuel O’Shea in the brilliant and unconventional Matt Bissonnette film Death of a Ladies’ Man. And the man who played his […]

IFTA Awards 2018: Acceptance Speech Video + Transcripts

Teri Hayden, Gabriel Byrne, and Hannah Beth Byrne The Irish Film and Television Awards has made the entire presentation of Gabriel Byrne’s IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award, telecast on February 15, 2018, available on YouTube. What a special night this was! Here’s the video and below you will find a full […]

The Byrne-ing News, May 2018 Edition

Spring has sprung! The way Byrneholics know this is because we just celebrated Gabriel Byrne’s birthday. And, while we were doing that, we also celebrated the 10th birthday of Byrneholics Online! Yes, it’s been ten years since those first heady days in 2008, when Gabriel knocked us all sideways with […]

IFTA Awards: Gabriel’s Big Night

Gabriel Byrne was honored with the Irish Film and Television Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to him by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, on February 15. This was such a special occasion for him! Everyone was happy and supportive and the response on Twitter and in the press […]

Excerpts: The Late Late Show!

Gabriel Byrne was a guest on Ireland’s Late Late Show Friday night, the day after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual IFTA Awards. He was in a reflective and serious mood during this interview with Ryan Tubridy, despite the recent honor and all the good things that are […]