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Wed 03 Mar 2010'Honoured' actor Byrne aims to build artistic bridges
Cultural ambassador will add a string to Ireland’s bow in US, says Taoiseach
“I’M EXTREMELY honoured,” Gabriel Byrne began his acceptance speech. It wasn’t the Golden Globe – which he won for his role as Dr Paul Weston in the hugely popular HBO drama In Treatment– but the unprecedented role of Ireland’s cultural ambassador.
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