An Irish Goodbye

An Irish Goodbye won Best Live Action Short Film, and the writer-director duo Ross White and Tom Berkeley used the acceptance speech time to sing “Happy ...

We’d love to use the rest of our time up here to sing for James.” The crew of An Irish Goodbye then led the entire Dolby Theater in a ( [now copyright-free](https://www.vulture.com/2015/09/happy-birthday-song-public-domain.html)) round of “Happy Birthday to You.” “With representation, it’s not enough just to slap somebody in the thing and say we’ve done our job. In An Irish Goodbye, a black comedy about a family grieving the loss of their mother, Martin plays Lorcan, a man with Down’s syndrome who now must move in with his aunt after his mother’s death.

The short film won the Oscar best live action short film on March 12 – coinciding the actor's 31st birthday.

“The timing of it has been just perfect. We would love to use the rest of our time up here to sing for James.” We would love to use the rest of our time up here to sing for James

The Liverpool manager brandished his own statuette in the video message.

“No, I would never give that away but at least we can touch. Winning a Bafta award is massive.” Klopp added that despite not being in the film industry he watched a lot of movies “so I am on the other side of the screen and I admire good film-makers a lot”.

The cast of An Irish Goodbye took home an award at the 2023 Oscars. The 95th Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night, with host Jimmy ...

James celebrated his birthday on Sunday and during his acceptance speech, the star-studded audience at the Oscars sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. The cast of An Irish Goodbye took home an award at the 2023 Oscars. The 95th Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night, with host Jimmy Kimmel at the helm.

The film took home Best Live Action Short on Sunday night on what was a special day for James Martin.

The actor, who has Down’s Syndrome, was visibly touched by the gesture. “He’s out here in Hollywood wearing a leopard-print suit jacket. The film took home Best Live Action Short on Sunday night on what was a special day for James Martin.