'Guard' nabs five honours at Irish Honours

John Michael McDonagh's "The Guard" was the big champion within the ninth Irish Film & TV Honours on Saturday evening at Dublin's Convention Center, taking five honours including best film.McDonagh won for director, script as well as the Rising Star award, while "The Guard's" Fionnula Flanagan was named best supporting actress. Flanagan also received the Lifetime Achievement Award.But "The Guard" didn't have everything else but its way. Michael Fassbender needed the actor prize for "Shame" before Brendan Gleeson, while Ryan Gosling won the world actor award for "Drive" before Don Cheadle.Saoirse Ronan was named best actress for "Hanna." Glenn Close won the world actress prize for "Albert Nobbs," which needed honours for makeup and hair, appear and original score.Best supporting actor visited Chris O'Dowd for "Bridesmaids," while "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" won the prize to find the best worldwide film.Consolata Boyle nabbed the costume design award for "The Iron Lady," and Seamus Garvey won the cinematography prize for "We must Discuss Kevin."Feature documentary laurels visited "Bernadette: Notes around the Political Journey," while "Corp & Anam" won the special Irish language award, and "The Boy inside the Bubble" won the animation prize.Round the TV side, the second season of local gangster drama "Love/Hate" repeated last year's triumph with seven wins, including drama, director, author and actor (for Aidan Gillen), supporting actor and supporting actress. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com