Irish stars set to shine at Dublin’s film festival

OSCAR-NOMINATED Daniel Day-Lewis is among the big screen stars turning out at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival.

The actor will attend a gala screening of critically acclaimed movie There Will be Blood, for which he has already scooped a clutch of prestigious awards for hisportrayal as a ruthless oil baron.

The British-born film legend — who has Irish citizenship and lives in Co Wicklow — is best known for his electrifying performances in My Left Foot, In The Name of the Father and The Boxer.