There was Irish success in four Bafta categories in London last night.

Irish comedian Brendan O’Carroll, star of BBC1’s Mrs Brown’s Boys, saw off competition including Rev and Fresh Meat to win the Situation Comedy category.

WRITER Terry Pratchett said that watching a man being helped to die had reaffirmed his support for assisted suicide, while anti-euthanasia groups criticised the televised death as propaganda that could encourage copycat suicides.