No surprises as ‘Love/Hate’ dominates Iftas

There were no big surprises at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards.

As predicted, RTÉ’s gritty hit drama Love/Hate swept the boards with six awards as B-list celebrities put on their best frocks and later boogied the night away.

After a seemingly endless wait on the red carpet upstairs in the stuffy Convention Centre — the main hall downstairs was being used for a job-creation convention — the stars slowly began to trickle in.