It was the IFTAs on Saturday night (the Irish Film & Television Awards), which was obviously totally overshadowed by some other stuff going on over the weekend. We demand it some attention now though; it might have been the only award ceremony to have come anywhere near close to choosing the absolutely correct winners (in our completely objective opinion, having not seen The Artist or Iron Lady). 

Unfortunately Ryan Gosling wasn't available to pick up his prize, although we do have Laura Whitmore, Brian O'Driscoll, Amy Huberman, Dawn Porter and Chris O'Dowd. Sheesh, Gosling, if the IFTAs are the only people to recognise your stupendous talent, you could at least go.

We should probably look at the winners list beyond Gosling, Fassbender and the The Guard now, just on the off chance the IFTAs isn't the most respectable award ceremony in the world...

BEST FILM:
The Guard - Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

DIRECTOR FILM:
John Michael McDonagh - The Guard

SCRIPT FILM:
John Michael McDonagh - The Guard

ACTOR - FILM:
Michael Fassbender - Shame

ACTRESS -FILM:
Saoirse Ronan - Hanna

SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM:
Chris O'Dowd - Bridesmaids

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM:
Fionnula Flanagan - The Guard

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD:
Bernadette; Notes on a Political Journey- Lelia Doolanv
SPECIAL IRISH LANGUAGE AWARD:
Corp + Anam - Paddy Hayes

ANIMATION:
The Boy in the Bubble - Kealan O' Rourke

PHILIPS SHORT FILM AWARD:
Foxes - Lorcan Finnegan

INTERNATIONAL FILM:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

INTERNATIONAL ACTOR:
Ryan Gosling - Drive

INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS:
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

BEST DRAMA, IN ASSOCIATION WITH BAI:
Love/Hate - Suzanne McAuley & Steve Mattews

DIRECTOR TELEVISION DRAMA:
David Caffrey - Love/Hate

WRITER TELEVISION DRAMA:
Stuart Carolan - Love/Hate

ACTOR - TELEVISION:
Aidan Gillen - Love/Hate

ACTRESS - TELEVISION:
Ruth Negga - Shirley

SUPPORTING ACTOR - TELEVISION:
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Love/Hate

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - TELEVISION:
Denise McCormack - Love/Hate

COSTUME DESIGN (FILM / TV DRAMA):
Consolata Boyle - The Iron Lady

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (FILM / TV DRAMA):
Seamus McGarvey - We Need To Talk About Kevin

EDITING (FILM / TV DRAMA):
Isobel Stephenson - Love/Hate

M.A.C MAKE-UP & HAIR (FILM / TV DRAMA):
Lorraine Glynn / Lynn Johnston - Albert Nobbs

ORIGINAL SCORE (FILM / TV DRAMA):
Brian Byrne - Albert Nobbs

PRODUCTION DESIGN (FILM / TV DRAMA):
Anna Rackard - Stella Days

SOUND (FILM / TV DRAMA):
Albert Nobbs - Brendan Deasy, Niall Brady, Michelle Cunniffe, Steve Fanagan

DIRECTOR TELEVISION:
Gary Keane - The Writing in the Sky

EDITING TELEVISION:
Ray Roantree - The Ashes of 9/11

SOUND TELEVISION:
The Writing in the Sky - Killian Fitzgerald/Aza Hand

CHILDREN'S / YOUTH PROGRAMME:
The Importance of Being Whatever - Martina Niland & David Collins

CURRENT AFFAIRS / NEWS:
Prime Time Investigates: The Home Care Scandal - Adrian Lydon

DOCUMENTARY SERIES:
Waterways - Stephen Rooke

DOCUMENTARY:
The Blood of the Travellers - Liam McGrath

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME:
Mrs Brown's Boys - Brendan O'Carroll & Justin Healy

FACTUAL PROGRAMME:
The Only Viking in the Village - Anne Heffernan & Bernadine Carraher

REALITY PROGRAMME:
ICA Bootcamp

SPORTS:
Eamonn Coghlan - Man on a Mission

IRISH FILM BOARD RISING STAR:
John Michael McDonagh