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Mon 02 Feb 2010Rolling out the red carpet for the Iftas
Hollywood stars and homegrown talent turned out for the Irish Film and Television Awards this weekend. Davin O’Dwyerwatched it all unfold
THEY MIGHT be the closest thing Ireland has to the Oscars, but the Irish Film and Television Awards, which were held in the Burlington Hotel on Saturday night, offers something the Academy Awards really can’t match – the wonderfully incongruous sight of Hollywood royalty rubbing shoulders with everyday Irish TV personalities.
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