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Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan have scored BAFTA nominations

Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan among BAFTA Awards nominees

Award-winning Irish-language film Kneecap has scored six nods for the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Film Awards, while Saoirse Ronan has been nominated in the Leading Actress category for her role in The Outrun.

Bafta Awards • 16 Jan

The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 16 February

Watch: The BAFTA nominations in London

Find out who has been nominated at the 2025 British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs.

Movies • 15 Jan

Irish eyes will be on Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan (seen here in The Outrun) making the shortlist

Irish eyes on BAFTA nominations at midday

Irish eyes are on the nominees for this year's British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs, which will be announced in London at midday.

Movies • 15 Jan

Kneecap and Say Nothing lead this year's IFTA Awards nominations

Kneecap and Say Nothing lead IFTA Awards nominations

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has unveiled the 2025 nominees, honouring outstanding achievements in Irish film and television drama across 29 categories.

IFTA Awards • 11 Feb

Films about Kneecap (left) and the late Irish author Edna O'Brien (right) have continued their awards success in the US

Kneecap biopic, Edna O'Brien documentary honoured in US

The music biopic Kneecap and the documentary Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story were among the winners at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in California at the weekend.

Movies • 14 Jan

The Kneecap music biopic has been longlisted in seven categories at the BAFTAs

Kneecap, The Apprentice, Ronan longlisted for BAFTAs

The acclaimed music biopic Kneecap has been longlisted in seven categories at the 2025 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), while the Irish produced film The Apprentice has appeared in six categories.

Movies • 03 Jan

Charli XCX: her brat album became an event, transcending the mere music industry to became a cultural phenomenon

Listen: Our top Irish and international albums of 2024

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2024 in Review • 26 Dec 24

Kneecap pay tribute to Móglaí Bap's late father

Kneecap paid tribute to bandmate Móglaí Bap's father at a sold out Belfast gig just hours after the announcement of his death.

Music • 23 Dec 24

Kneecap at Belfast's SSE Arena - Towards the end of the performance, a photo of Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, father of Móglaí Bap, was projected onto a screen Photo: Press Association

Kneecap salute Móglaí Bap's late father at Belfast show

Kneecap paid tribute to band member Móglaí Bap's late father at a sold-out Belfast gig on Saturday night, hours after announcing his death.

Music • 22 Dec 24

Kneecap salute Móglaí Bap's late father at Belfast show

Kneecap paid tribute to band member Móglaí Bap's late father at a sold-out Belfast gig on Saturday night, hours after announcing his death.

Music • 22 Dec 24

Kneecap's DJ Próvaí says it's "massive for the Irish language community" as their film is shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars

Kneecap's DJ Próvaí says Oscar shortlist is 'massive'

Kneecap's DJ Próvaí has said it is "massive" that their titular music biopic has been shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.

Movies • 21 Dec 24

Kneecap is the second Irish-language film to be shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Kneecap shortlisted for Best International Oscar

The music biopic Kneecap and the Saoirse Ronan-sung Winter Coat from the wartime drama Blitz both feature on the Oscars shortlists that have been announced ahead of next month's nominations.

Movies • 18 Dec 24

Alisha Weir and Kneecap - Further recognition in the US and a big night ahead on 12 January

Alisha Weir & Kneecap are Critics Choice nominees in US

Irish teenager Alisha Weir and the music biopic Kneecap are among the film nominees for the Critics Choice Awards (CCA) in the US.

Movies • 13 Dec 24

The awards will take place on Sunday 5 January at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California

Live 2025 Golden Globe nominations

The nominations for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards are being announced from 1:15pm with Irish interest across a number of categories.

Movies • 09 Dec 24

Belfast rap trio Kneecap won big at the British Independent Film Awards over the weekend

Kneecap dominates British Film Awards, wins top prize

Belfast rap trio Kneecap triumphed at last night's British Independent Film Awards, claiming the top honour along with six other gongs, for their critically acclaimed movie of the same name.

Movies • 10 Dec 24

Kneecap to play Coachella music festival next year

Kneecap to perform at Coachella next year

Kneecap are among the line-up for next year's Coachella music festival alongside headline acts including Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone.

Music • 21 Nov 24

Irish-language film Kneecap up for 14 awards for the 2024 British Independent Film Awards

Kneecap leads British Film Awards nominations

Award-winning Irish-language film Kneecap has scored the most nominations for the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), with an impressive fourteen nods.

Movies • 05 Nov 24

Kneecap have announced their biggest Irish gig to date

Kneecap announce biggest live show yet at Fairview Park

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have announced their biggest live show to date, set for Fairview Park, Dublin, on 19 June 2025.

Music • 28 Oct 24

Celebrity MasterChef judges John Torode and Greg Wallace

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

Finals week begins on Celebrity MasterChef, there's the self-explanatory Trump's Heist: The President Who Wouldn't Lose, Culinary Class Wars arrives, while Baz Ashmawy travels to Paris in Best Place to Be . . .

Television • 16 Sep 24

Móglaí Bap and Michael Fassbender in Kneecap

Fassbender's Irish 'started coming back' making Kneecap

Michael Fassbender has told RTÉ Radio 1's Arena that his Irish "started coming back" to him while making Ireland's Oscar hopeful Kneecap.

Movies • 26 Aug 24

The countdown to the Oscar nominations is on for Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan (pictured here in The Outrun)

Kneecap, Saoirse Ronan tipped for Oscar nominations

The acclaimed Irish-language music biopic Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan have been tipped for Oscar nominations by the US entertainment trade publication Variety.

Movies • 23 Aug 24

Kylie Minogue performs at Sziget Festival 2024 at Óbuda Island on 7 August in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

Kylie to close Electric Picnic after a hectic weekend

Kylie Minogue's is set to close Electric Picnic 2024 with a headline performance om Sunday night in Stradbally, Co Laois.

Electric Picnic • 18 Aug 24

Scéal the heights: Kneecap's origin movie is a triumph

Kneecap's Irish-language phenomenon has finally come home, seven months on from its rapturous world premiere in the US and with a great debut album also sounding the charge.

Movie Review • 23 Aug 24

Kneecap at the Dublin Premiere of their film at the Light House Cinema

Irish stars out in force at Kneecap Dublin premiere

Christy Moore, Clare Dunne, Fionnula Flanagan, Victorian Mary Clarke and Damien Dempsey were among the Irish stars who walked the red carpet at the Dublin premiere of Kneecap.

Movies • 08 Aug 24

DJ Próvai of Kneecap arriving at the Belfast premiere of their eponymous movie at the Omniplex on the Falls Road in Belfast / Image: Presseye

Kneecap bring award-winning movie home to Belfast

Hip-hop trio Kneecap arrived in a haze of green and orange smoke to the premiere of their self-titled movie at the Kennedy Centre in West Belfast on Tuesday evening.

Movies • 07 Aug 24