The films 'Veronica Guerin' and 'Intermission' won major awards at the inaugural Irish Film and Television Awards ceremony in Dublin on Saturday.
The Joel Schumacher-directed 'Veronica Guerin' was voted Best Film by the public with the murdered journalist's mother, Bernie Guerin, receiving a standing ovation as she accepted the award.
'Intermission' was voted Best Film by a jury of 100 people involved in the industry and also took awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Script.
Andrew Scott won the Best Actor award for 'Dead Bodies' while the Best Actress award went to Angeline Ball for her part in 'Bloom'.
The public vote for Best Actor went to Colin Farrell while the Best TV Personality award went to RTÉ's Miriam O'Callaghan.
There were four awards for RTÉ programmes: 'Prime Time' won Best Current Affairs Programme, 'Bachelors Walk' won Best TV Drama and 'The Rod Squad' won the Best TV Sport award.
RTÉ Interactive show, 'Sampler', took the prize for Best Childrens/Youth/ Educational/Multicultural/ Religious/Regional Programme.
Episode Two of the programme, which was the episode nominated for the prize, contained profiles of Dublin MC Wuzza, artists Cypher and Rasher, Chinese student Tony Zhao, claymation animator Rory Bresnihan, as well as a mini-documentary on police violence at the Reclaim The Streets on Dame Street last year.
Film director Neil Jordan was given a lifetime achievement award for his work.
