TV3's 'Red Rock' has won Best Soap for the third year at the IFTA Gala Television Awards.
Other winners at the ceremony last night included 'The Young Offenders' winning Best Male Performance for Chris Walley, and Best Director for Peter Foott.
Best continuing drama! Red Rock! 3 in a row baby #IFTAs pic.twitter.com/isx9wpiqLk
— Chris Newman (@MrChrisNewman) May 31, 2018
While 'Derry Girls' took Best Comedy and Best Writer for Lisa McGee.
The Factual Award went to Dermot Bannon and 'Room to Improve'.
#ifta18gala we’re thrilled! @DermotBannon @janewardrop pic.twitter.com/a3KXTzY31s
— Linda Cullen (@lindacullen1) May 31, 2018
'Fairy Tale of New York' won the Specialist Factual category, and Sharon Horgan won Best Female Performance for 'Catastrophe'.
'Dancing with the Stars' took Best Entertainment, and 'Gogglebox' was named Best Reality.
Shay Healy was also given the Lifetime Achievement Award - with tributes from Phil Coulter, Vincent Browne, John McColgan, Johnny Logan, Twink and Linda Martin.
The awards will be broadcast on TG4 tomorrow night.
The list of IFTA Gala winners were:
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 (Kite Entertainment / TV3)
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
Fairytale of New York (RTE)
SPORTS
Crash and Burn (DotTV/RTE)
CURRENT AFFAIRS
RTE Investigates - Nightmare to Let
NEWS
BBC Newsline
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE’S - LIVE ACTION
Bernard Dunne's Mythical Heroes (Firebrand/RTE)
ANIMATION –CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Lily’s Driftwood Bay (Sixteen South)
IRISH LANGUAGE
Fir Bolg (Dearg Films / TG4)
DIRECTOR COMEDY/SOAP
Peter Foott, The Young Offenders (Vico Films / BBC3/RTE)
WRITER 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 / BBC NI/TG4)
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)
