From Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker winning acting awards for My Left Foot to the Academy singing Happy Birthday to James Martin in 2023
James Martin
Latest articles about Belfast actor James Martin
Television: RTÉ’s rehashed Hootenanny is at least full of New Year vim – and Kielty’s Buddy the Elf enthusiasm shows no sign of diminishing
The Belfast actor on coping with fame, meeting Joe Biden and the advice he gives young people with acting aspirations
‘It’s been so positive for the community to have someone as cool and talented as him representing us’
Martin is the first person with Down syndrome to win an Academy Award after the film in which he starred, An Irish Goodbye, won best live action short film
Plus: Saturday Kitchen’s host, the essentials in chorizo, Slivovitz and Kladdkaka
Traditional church teaching considers homosexual acts ‘intrinsically disordered’
The unsustainable burden of diet-related healthcare should prompt medical action
Celibate gay men welcome in priesthood say senior Irish church figures
‘In the Closet of the Vatican’ may offer further ammunition for militant Catholics
US justice department investigates Pennysylvanian dioceses accused of covering up abuses
Patrick Freyne: Pope Francis receives families, gets selfie with a child and gives a speech with a mother-in-law joke
Filipino-American priest draws capacity crowd to his cookery demonstration
Others taking part include George Mitchell, Mickey Harte and Anna May McHugh
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