{"id":102529,"date":"2016-09-26T16:14:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nua.tg4.ie\/corporate\/press\/press-releases\/2016-2\/15-09-16-2-2\/"},"modified":"2019-06-25T09:26:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T08:26:42","slug":"15-09-16-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2016-2\/15-09-16-2\/","title":{"rendered":"15.09.16 &#8211; IFTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EIPIC has received 3 nominations for the IFTA awards in Children\u2019s and Young People, Director (Louise N\u00ed Fhiannachta) and Irish language categories. Ros na R\u00fan\u2013the flagship drama series which comes of age this season (the 21st) and is one of TG4\u2019s best-loved programmes- received two nominations.  <\/p>\n<p>B\u00e1s N\u00f3 Saoirse produced by Tile Films is nominated for best Documentary Series. Nuacht TG4 has been named in the News category. Among the programmes nominated in the Irish language category are; the award winning drama series An Klondike, EIPIC- a drama series where 5 rural teenagers take over their local abandoned post office to start a musical revolution in 2016, Fleadh TV the groundbreaking live music and entertainment series that showcases the best of traditional and folk music from Fleadh Cheoil na h\u00c9ireann and the channels soap Ros na R\u00fan.<\/p>\n<p>Also nominated is Crainn na h\u00c9ireann, a series where Manch\u00e1n Magan travels around Ireland identifying our native trees, is in the running for a Specialist Factual award. <\/p>\n<p>Two of TG4 productions have received nominations in the Sound category for Stephen McLoughlin (Hup) and John Brennan (Deoch an Dorais).<\/p>\n<p>TG4 presenter Maire Treasa N\u00ed Dhubhghaill has been nominated for an IFTA in the Gala TV Rising Star category.<\/p>\n<p>Full details of the TG4 nominations for IFTA 2016 are given below. The IFTA Awards are the most prestigious awards in Irish film and drama.  <\/p>\n<p>Director General P\u00f3l \u00d3 Gallch\u00f3ir, congratulated the shortlisted TG4 productions and skills nominees for this year\u2019s IFTA.  \u201cTG4 has received nominations and prizes at each IFTA since we came on air\u201d he said. \u201cBeing nominated in the same categories that include some of the best quality English language TV content available anywhere, bears out the regular feedback we receive from viewers and critics who associate TG4 with distinctive quality and innovation\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>IFTA Gala Television 2016 Nominees<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Irish Soap<br \/>Ros na R\u00fan (Produced by Tyrone Productions and Eo Teilif\u00eds)<\/li>\n<li>Childrens and Young People<br \/>Eipic- (Produced by Magamedia)<\/li>\n<li>Director &#8211; Soap and Comedy<br \/>Louise N\u00ed Fhiannachta- Eipic (Produced by Magamedia) <\/li>\n<li>Documentary Series<br \/>B\u00e1s n\u00f3 Saoirse (Produced by Tile Films)<\/li>\n<li>Gala TV Rising Star<br \/>M\u00e1ire Treasa N\u00ed Dhubhghaill \u2013 TG4<\/li>\n<li>News<br \/>Nuacht TG4\n<li>\n<li>Specialist Factual<br \/>Crainn na h\u00c9ireann (Produced by Ab\u00fa Media)<\/li>\n<li>Irish Language<br \/>An Klondike (Produced by Ab\u00fa Media)<br \/>Eipic (Produced by Magamedia)<br \/>Fleadh TV ( Produced by Paul McKay Productions (NI) Ltd TA Gifted Empire Productions)<br \/>Ros na R\u00fan (Produced by Tyrone Productions and Eo Teilif\u00eds )<\/li>\n<li>Sound<br \/>Deoch an Dorais- John Brennan (Produced by Magamedia)<br \/>Hup- Stephen McLoughlin (Produced by Redshoe productions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EIPIC has received 3 nominations for the IFTA awards in Children\u2019s and Young People, Director (Louise N\u00ed Fhiannachta) and Irish language categories. Ros na R\u00fan\u2013the flagship drama series which comes of age this season (the 21st) and is one of TG4\u2019s best-loved programmes- received two nominations. B\u00e1s N\u00f3 Saoirse produced by Tile Films is nominated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21033,"parent":6901,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pr.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>15.09.16 - IFTA - TG4<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"15.09.16 - IFTA - TG4\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EIPIC has received 3 nominations for the IFTA awards in Children\u2019s and Young People, Director (Louise N\u00ed Fhiannachta) and Irish language categories. 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