Carlyle takes lead role in Dublin film festival

SCOTTISH actor Robert Carlyle joined hundreds of film lovers at a red carpet premiere to open the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival last night.

Nearly 800 people attended the premiere of the Irish-made The Mighty Celt, which opened the 10-day festival.

The director of the film, Belfast man Pearse Elliott, and Trainspotting actor Carlyle, who stars alongside newcomer Tyrone McKenna, was at the premiere in Dublin’s Savoy Theatre.