Wicklow singer-songwriter Hozier is among the nominees for this year's Ivor Novello songwriting and composing awards in the UK.
Hozier is nominated in the Best Song Musically and Lyrically category for Take Me to Church. His competition for the award is Above the Clouds of Pompeii by London folk band Bear Den and Ben Howard's I Forget Where We Were.
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne are nominated in two categories for their hit Rather Be - Best Contemporary Song and the PRS for Music award for Most Performed Work.
Belfast's David Holmes is nominated in the Best Original Film Score category for his work on the acclaimed Belfast-set thriller '71.
Other nominees across the six categories include Alt-J, Bombay Bicycle Club, George Ezra, Royal Blood, Sam Smith, FKA Twigs and Wild Beasts.
The winners will be announced in London on May 21.
The Nominees:
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Above the Clouds of Pompeii - Bear's Den
I Forget Where We Were - Ben Howard
Take Me to Church - Hozier
Best Contemporary Song
Every Other Freckle - Alt-J
Rather Be - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
Two Weeks - FKA Twigs
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
Budapest - George Ezra
Rather Be - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
Stay with Me - Sam Smith
Album Award
Present Tense - Wild Beasts
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
So Long, See You Tomorrow - Bombay Bicycle Club
Best Original Film Score
'71 - Composed by David Holmes
Mr Turner - Composed by Gary Yershon
The Boxtrolls - Composed by Dario Marianelli
Best Television Soundtrack
The Honourable Woman - Composed by Natalie Holt and Martin Phipps
The Mill - Series 2 - Composed by Samuel Sim
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Beyond the Pale - Composed by Edmund Butt
