
By Erin Lindsay
01st Jun 2018
01st Jun 2018
Last night saw the annual 2018 IFTA Gala Television Awards return to the RDS in Dublin. Nominees across 23 categories walked the star-studded red carpet to be in with a chance of winning a coveted award.
The attendees, as always, documented their evening on social media; giving us all a glimpse inside the show and often making us laugh in the process. Some of the best tweets of the night came from the cast and crew of Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls, who brought a cardboard cut-out of actress Nicola Coughlan, who could not attend:
Heading to the IFTAs but we forgot our punt purse! #derrygirls pic.twitter.com/9yCdOv9cfD
— Lisa McGee (@LisaMMcGee) May 31, 2018
It worked even better when the show won an award for Best Comedy:
https://twitter.com/nicolacoughlan/status/1002289459868598272
The evening also saw some great style, especially among the men in attendance:
Des and Baz admiring each other's 'silver fox' look outside the RDS, just before the 2018 IFTA Gala Television Awards. #iftagala18 pic.twitter.com/k4DYrseacy
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) May 31, 2018
Suited, booted and ready for #iftagala18! ? pic.twitter.com/83uHlA2CD0
— COCO Content (@COCOcontentie) May 31, 2018
And of course, the ladies of the Six One news were ever the professionals:
After the mad dash from the @rtenews #sixone we made it on time (nearly) to the #iftagala18 #IFTA18 #IFTAS @KeelinShanley pic.twitter.com/rVIXvWg58V
— Caitriona Perry (@CaitrionaPerry) May 31, 2018
The evening, hosted by comedian Jason Byrne, saw winners from some of our favourite series, including Derry Girls, Room to Improve and so many more. The night’s awards also paid homage to actor Shay Healy, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Check out the full list of winners below:
Entertainment
Dancing with the Stars (ShinaWil)
Comedy
Derry Girls (Hat Trick / Channel 4)
Factual
Room to Improve (Coco Television)
Documentary Series
John Connors: The Travellers (Scratch Films / RTE)
Documentary Single
Shaw: My Astonishing Self (Animo TV / RTE)
Soap/ Continuing Drama
Red Rock (TV3)
Female Performance
Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe ((Merman & Avalon TV / Channel 4))
Male Performance
Chris Walley, The Young Offenders (Vico Films/ BBC3/RTE)
Live Event
TG4XX BEO (Gifted Empire/TG4)
Reality & Constructed Reality
Gogglebox Ireland
Specialist Factual
Fairytale of New York (RTÉ)
Sports
Crash and Burn (DotTV/TG4)
Current Affairs
RTE Investigates – Nightmare to Let
News
BBC Newsline
Children & Young People’s – Live Action
Bernard Dunne’s Mythical Heroes (Firebrand/RTE)
Children & Young People’s – Animation
Lily’s Driftwood Bay (Sixteen South)
Irish Language
Fir Bolg (Dearg Films / TG4)
Director for a Comedy/Soap
Peter Foott, The Young Offenders (Vico Films / BBC3/RTE)
Writer for a Comedy/Soap
Lisa McGee, Derry Girls (Hat Trick/Channel 4)
Director – Television
Garry Keane, Deafening (Mind the Gap / RTE)
Camera – Television
Domenico Pontillo, Wild Ireland – the Edge of the World (Crossing the Line / RTE/BBC)
Editing – Television
Bob Caldwell, Pearl Harbor The Heroes Who Fought Back (360 Productions / Discovery)
Sound – Television
Fiachra O’Hanlon and Killian Fitzgerald Pearl Harbour The Heroes who Fought Back (360 Productions / Discovery)