Omagh best film, McSorley best actor at Irish awards

Gerard McSorley, who played the role of Michael Gallagher in Omagh, won the award for best actor at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last night.

A retelling of the worst bombing atrocity in the Northern Ireland conflict tonight won the award for best film.

Omagh, which was developed in close cooperation with the relatives of the 31 people killed in the Real IRA bombing, beat off competition from other films such as Damian O’Donnell’s Inside I’m Dancing and Lenny Abrahamson’s Adam and Paul at the Irish Television and Film Awards in Dublin.