Irish Film & Television Awards 2012

Irish Film & Television Awards 2012.Images from the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA) 2012

Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Dana Delany, AJ Buckley, Armand Assante, Stephen Rea, Brenda Fricker, Maria Doyle Kennedy and more at the Irish Film & Television Awards
(Dublin Ireland) - February 9, 2012
Ireland's finest screen creative talent descend this weekend on Dublin, Saturday 11th of February 2012, for the 9th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards celebrations, taking place at the spectacular Convention Centre Dublin (CCD).
The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins leads the celebrations, showcasing Ireland's screen talent with IFTA Awards presented in categories across film and television. IFTA 2012 will see Ireland's directors, writers, actors, craftspeople and television programme makers in attendance.
Guests scheduled to attend include Brendan Gleeson (The Guard), Michael Fassbender (Shame), Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids), Brenda Fricker (Albert Nobbs), Brían F. O'Byrne (Mildred Pierce, Prime Suspect), Stephen Rea (Underworld Awakening), Ruth Negga (Shirley, Misfits), Maria Doyle Kennedy (The Tudors, Albert Nobbs), Liam Cunningham (The Guard), Emmett J. Scanlan (Charlie Casanova), Amy Huberman (Threesome, Stella Days), Brendan O'Carroll (Mrs Brown's Boys), Antonia Campbell Hughes (Lead Balloon), Colin Morgan (Merlin), Martin McCann (The Pacific), Charlene McKenna (RAW), Olivia Tracey (Agnes Browne), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), Pat Shortt (Garage), Marcella Plunkett (Stella Days), Bronagh Gallagher (Albert Nobbs).
Veteran Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan (Some Mother's Son, The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, LOST) is to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish Academy on the night