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The Oscars

A Historic Irish Win at the Oscars

By Tom Deignan
IA Newsletter
March 16, 2024

March 14, 2024 by 1 Comment

“I'm a very, very proud Irish man standing here tonight." The Irish didn’t have a lot of nominations at this year’s Academy Awards - but they walked away with one of their biggest wins ever. And this time next year, Cillian Murphy may well be up for another Best Actor statue, for an upcoming film based on an Irish novel, by an Irish writer, about some of the darkest shadows … [Read more...] about A Historic Irish Win at the Oscars

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