The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 17 February 2008 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
Film
Garage
Becoming Jane
Closing the Ring
Kings
Shrooms
International Film
The Lives of Others
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
La Vie en Rose
Director Film
Lenny Abrahamson – Garage
Paddy Breathnach – Shrooms
Tom Collins – Kings
John Crowley – Boy A
Robert Quinn – Cré na Cille
Script Film
Mark O'Halloran – Garage
Tom Collins – Kings
Mark O'Rowe – Boy A
Stuart Townsend – Battle in Seattle
Actor in a Lead Role Film
Pat Shortt – Garage
Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne
Colm Meaney – Kings
Cillian Murphy – Sunshine
Hugh O'Conor – Speed Dating
Actor in a Supporting Role Film
Brendan Conroy – Kings
Donal O'Kelly – Kings
Conor J. Ryan – Garage
Don Wycherley – Speed Dating
Actress in a Supporting Role Film
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Elaine Cassidy – And When Did You Last See Your Father
Anne Marie Duff – Garage
Gail Fitzpatrick – Strength and Honour
International Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
James McAvoy – Atonement
Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others
Single Drama / Drama Serial
The Running Mate
Damage
My Boy Jack
Prosperity
Drama Series / Soap
The Tudors
The Clinic
Ros na Rún
Single-Handed
Director Television
Lenny Abrahamson – Prosperity
Brian Kirk – The Tudors
Paul Mercier – Aifric
Declan Recks – The Running Mate
Script Television
Mark O'Halloran – Prosperity
Marcus Fleming – The Running Mate
Mark O'Halloran – Prosperity
Daniel O'Hara – Paddy C.Courtney – Paddywhackery
Aisling Walsh – Damage
Actor in a Lead Role Television
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
Denis Conway – The Running Mate
Michael Gambon – Celebration
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
Don Wycherley – The Running Mate
Actor in a Supporting Role Television
Nick Dunning – The Tudors
Leroy Harris – Prosperity
Eamonn Hunt – The Running Mate
Gary Lydon – The Clinic
Actress in a Lead Role Film/Television
Aisling O'Sullivan – The Clinic
Clíona Ní Chiosáin – Aifric
Fionnula Flanagan – Brotherhood
Bríd Ní Neachtáin – Cré na Cille
Siobhan Shanahan – Prosperity
Actress in a Supporting Role Television
Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors
Dawn Bradfield – The Clinic
Fionnula Flanagan – Paddywhackery
Amy Huberman – The Clinic
Costume Design
Joan Bergin – The Tudors
Maggie Donnelly – Kings
Lorna Marie Mugan – My Boy Jack
Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Becoming Jane
Director of Photography
Seamus McGarvey – Atonement
PJ Dillon – Kings
Seamus McGarvey – Atonement
Peter Robertson – Garage
Ciaran Tanham – Northanger Abbey
Editing
Dermot Diskin – Kings
Stephen O'Connell – Damage
Isobel Stephenson – Garage
Gareth Young – The Running Mate
Hair & Makeup
Jennifer Hegarty, Dee Corcoran – The Tudors
Kings – Muriel Bell, Pamela Smyth
My Boy Jack – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
Prosperity – Tom McInerney, Sandra Kelly
Original Score
Pol Brennan – Kings
Jim Lockhart – 'Cré na Cille
Stephen McKeon – The Running Mate
Stephen Rennicks – Garage
Production Design
Tom Conroy – The Tudors
David Craig – Kings
Tom Mc Cullagh – Closing the Ring
Padraig O'Neill – Garage
Sound
Ken Galvin, Ronan Hill, Dominic Weaver – Kings
Becoming Jane – Nick Adams, Tom Johnson, Mervyn Moore
Garage – Niall Brady, John Fitzgerald, Robert Flanagan
My Boy Jack – Brendan Deasy, Ken Galvin, Nikki Moss
Children's / Youth Programme
Skunk Fu!
Aifric
The Café
Cúla Cairde
Current Affairs Programme
Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard
Election 2007 – Results Coverage
Time Investigates – Buyer Beware
Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard
Spotlight: The Pitbull Sting
Documentary Series
The Hospice
Imeacht Na N'Iarlaí /Flight of The Earls
Mobs Mheirceá
Scannal
Surgeons
Single Documentary
At Home with the Clearys
Arts Lives: The Undertaking
Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary
Get Collins
Ireland's Nazis
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
Entertainment
The Podge & Rodge Show
Dan & Becs
Killinaskully
Naked Camera
Factual Entertainment
Diarmuid's Pony Kids
Families in Trouble
Hector – Mo Rogha San Oz
No Experience Required
News Programme
BBC Newsline
Nuacht RTÉ/TG4
RTÉ News
TV3 News @ 5.30
Sport
Tall, Dark & Ó hAilpín
20 Moments That Shook Irish Sport
Red Mist
Rugby World Cup 2007
Six Nations: Ireland's v England
Special Irish Language Award
Kings
Aifric
Cré na Cille
Paddywhackery
Irish Film Board Rising Star 2008
Saoirse Ronan – Actress
Cecilia Ahern – Writer
Mark Mahon – Producer
Martin McCann – Actor
Marian Quinn – Director
Animation
Skunk Fu!
Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly's History of Ireland
The Ugly Duckling and Me
Wobblyland
Short Film
New Boy
Deep Breaths
Hesitation
No Regrets
The Wednesdays
Pantene People's Choice Award for Best International Actress
Hilary Swank – P.S. I Love You
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jodie Foster – The Brave One
Keira Knightley – Atonement
Sony Bravia TV Personality of the Year
Kathryn Thomas – RTÉ
Stephen Nolan
Michelle Doherty – Channel 6
Kathy Hoffman – City Channel
Paul Dempsey – Setanta Sports
Síle Ní Bhraonáin – TG4
Lorraine Keane – TV3
Julian Simmons – UTV
Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
Mel Gibson
