Home is the hero as Cillian Murphy takes to Cork stage for Safe Harbour festival 

Big crowds turned out for the opening events of Sounds From A Safe Harbour 

Cillian Murphy at Triskel in Cork on Friday for the screening of All of This in Unreal Time, as part of Sounds From A Safe Harbour. Picture: Brid O’Donovan

There may be an influx of national and international stars to Cork for the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival, but on Friday at least the focus was very much on a hometown hero. Cillian Murphy took to stage at Triskel Christchurch to talk about All Of This Unreal Time, his short film with English author Max Porter that’s showing at the festival.

The 47-year-old actor has kept a low profile in recent times despite his role in the hugely successful Oppenheimer. That’s largely down to his support of the actors’ strike in the US, but Murphy has long had a tendency to fly below the radar when he can.