‘Green carpet’ rolled out for ninth Oscar Wilde party

Philomena Lee, Robbie and Claudine Keane, The Strypes and Snow Patrol were some of the guests at the US-Ireland Alliance’s ninth Oscar Wilde party which saw TV host Conan O’Brien and YouTube founder Chad Hurley honoured.

Accepting his award at the pre- Oscars party, O’Brien joked that he “is truly Irish, unlike previous honorees, such as JJ Abrams, Russian Jew Paul Rudd” and randomly “Idi Amin”.

O’Brien thanked the authentically Irish in the crowd — not just the ‘Kiss Me, I’m Irish’ people — for the honour.