Cancer victim gets screenplay Oscar nomination

A year-and-a-half after she died of cancer aged 49, the daughter of a Cork father and a Limerick mother has been nominated at this year’s Oscars for her adapted screenplay, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

The Irish film Albert Nobbs was also nominated in three different categories.

London-born Bridget O’Connor, whose father Jim is from Newmarket in Co Cork and mother Bridget from Shanagolden in Co Limerick, was nominated for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy along with her husband, Peter Straughan.