The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse began life as a series of Instagram and Facebook postings by Charlie Mackesy, musing on the pandemic and sharing his drawings. Then it morphed into a beautiful illustrated book. I gave the book to my best friend soon after it was […]
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 […]
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 […]
Updated May 27 Gabriel Byrne responded to the Buenos Aires International Film Festival announcement of his nomination on Instagram and I missed it until now! He speaks in Spanish and the audio is cut off, but I did want you to see his message: Also, the film’s Instagram had a […]
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 […]
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 […]