Cork actor wins award for his work in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore

First festive special for ‘The Young Offenders’ helps draw younger viewers to RTÉ

The comedy’s enormous success surprised everyone, not least its stars Alex Murphy and Chris Walley

Irish Film Festival London returns next week for eighth year

Chris Walley from ‘Young Offenders’ and movie producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly on Bafta emerging talent list

Broadcaster Shay Healy also received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony

After this masterpiece, the contagious double act are sure to be repeat offenders

Review: The hit Irish film is now a TV series, and its comedy has grown in confidence

The runaway success of the film has led to a BBC series and a new level of attention in Cork

Ring out (or recommission) the old; ring in the new: here’s what to stay tuned for in the new year

The BBC/RTÉ co-production to get a six-episode run - and the Cork accents are staying

‘The Siege of Jadotville’ also secures seven nods, while TG4 series ‘Klondike’ scores 10

Cork actors Alex Murphy and Chris Walley are a perfect double act in new Irish movie The Young Offenders. And their comic banter is as hilarious off-screen

Chris Walley and Alex Murphy create a magnificent comic partnership as two idiots on the hunt for a missing suitcase of cocaine in Peter Foott’s charming debut

The two films are the pick of a crop that reveals the breadth of talent in Irish film

In the subversive spirit of Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, four young actors question authority in an interview with their director, Conall Morrison