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Daniel and Majella O’Donnell were celebrating an IFTA award at the Irish Film and Television Academy’s (IFTA) Gala television awards last night.
Daniel & Majella’s B&B Road Trip in the factual category.
At the glitzy ceremony, to be televised tonight by TV3, there was another Donegal connection when Mícheál Ó Meallaigh, a native of Lettermacaward, was honoured with an IFTA award for his Outstanding Contribution to the television industry and to the Irish language.
Ó Meallaigh is TG4’s Commissioning Director. Last night the Irish Film & Television Academy presented him with an Irish Academy Award for Outstanding Contribution, as part of IFTA's celebration of TG4's 20th anniversary of broadcasting.
Micheál has been described as “a visionary and pro-active giant of the Irish language”.
Meanwhile there was no statuette this time for former winner, Donegal director Garry Keane, who was nominated in two categories. Keane, from Ballyshannon, who has had an IFTA nomination for the last eight years in a row, had suspected himself that he would do well to win such was the level of competition in the categories he was nominated in.
Pat Kenny was awarded a lifetime achievement while RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor, comedienne Sharon Horgan, and King of camp comedy Al Porter were among other winners at the awards.
Presented by Amanda Byram, the event in Dublin’s DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel was attended by some of the country’s most popular broadcasters and performers, including Miriam O’Callaghan, Bob Geldof, Brendan O’Carroll,Pat Shortt and Olivia O’Leary.
The winners were:
MALE PERFORMANCE
Brendan O'Carroll - Mrs Browns Boys
REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
First Dates Ireland - COCO Television
DOCUMENTARY SINGLE
I Am Immigrant - Motive Television
FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Sharon Horgan - Catastrophe
ENTERTAINMENT
Brendan O’Connor’s Cutting Edge
FACTUAL
Daniel & Majella's B&B Road Trip
CURRENT AFFAIRS
RTÉ Investigates - Standards in Public Office - RTÉ
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S
My Life Champion of the world - Tyrone Productions
ANIMATION
The Day Henry Met - Wiggleywoo Ltd
COMEDY
Bridget & Eamon
IRISH LANGUAGE
An Klondike - Abú Media
WRITER - SOAP AND COMEDY
Sharon Horgan - Catastrophe
EDITING - TELEVISION
Úna Ní Dhonghaile - An Innocent Man
SOUND - TELEVISION
Deoch an Dorais - Dean Jones, Colm O'Rourke and John Brennan
CAMERA - TELEVISION
Michael O’Donovan - These Walls Can Talk
DIRECTOR - SOAP AND COMEDY
Jason Butler – Bridget & Eamon
DIRECTOR TELEVISION
Gerry Nelson – Wild Cities
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
1916: The Irish Rebellion - COCO Television
GALA TV RISING STAR WINNER
Al Porter
SPORTS
Hidden Impact: Rugby and Concussion - Wildfire Films
NEWS
Ireland Live News @ 5:30 - Brexit Special - UTV
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
A Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof on WB Yeats
LIVE EVENT
Centenary - RTÉ
SOAP AND CONTINUING DRAMA
Red Rock
The workshop will take place at Inkwell, Unit 6 Millcourt Mews, Donegal Town, from 7pm to 9pm each Monday evening for eight weeks starting on Monday, November 3
The defendant pleaded guilty at Carndonagh District Court, sitting in Buncrana.
ATU Donegal students who attended the walk-out protest at the Letterkenny campus today
Michelle Duffy (second right) and the kayakers spent two and half hours coaxing the bird towards shallow waters where it was caught by other volunteers
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