Nominees for this year's IFTA Television Awards have been announced.
The Irish Academy announced earlier this year that the IFTA ceremony has been split into two separate categories - film and television.
The entertainment category sees two music-based series - The Imelda May Show and The Voice of Ireland - which are nominated alongside the adventure series 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy with Baz Ashmawy and breakfast show Ireland AM.
There is a new comedy award category, which sees two sketch shows, Irish Pictorial Weekly and The Savage Eye, alongside two sitcoms - Mrs Browns Boys and Moone Boy.
There is also a new Soap & Continuing Drama category, which will see Red Rock and Fair City in the running for the top prize of Ireland's Best TV Soap.
Other new categories include the award for the stand-out female performance in a soap or comedy - which sees Martina Stanley in her moving performance battling breast cancer as Dolores Molloy in Fair City, and also Cathy Belton as the matriarch in TV3's Red Rock.
Red Rock's Cathy Belton | Image: IFTA
Male performance in a soap or comedy sees Chris O'Dowd in the imaginary world of Moone Boy; and Brendan O Carroll as everyone's favourite mammy in Mrs Brown's Boys.
There is also a first nomination for Enda Oates for his powerful performance as Pete Ferguson in Ireland's longest running soap Fair City - along with a first nomination for Andrew Quirke as titular characters from opposite sides of Dublin in Damo & Ivor.
Damo & Ivor's Andrew Quirke | Image: IFTA
Reality programmes have strong contenders this year with the self-shot series Connected and the Irish language travel series WWOOFail California bringing audiences on organic farming adventures.
The news category sees several contenders in the running including BBC Newsline: The Death of Ian Paisley; RTE Six One News: Graham Dwyer; Nuacht TG4; TV3 5.30 News: The Resignation of Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan, along with UTV Ireland Live.
Current affairs nominees include TV3's A Secret Buried: The Mother and Baby Scandal; Above the Law an investigation into paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland, along with Inside Bungalow 3 - RTE Investigation Unit and Panorama: Britain's Secret Terror Deal.
The ceremony will take place at the Double Tree in Dublin on October 22nd.
Full list of nominees:
COMEDY
Irish Pictorial Weekly (RTÉ)
Mrs Browns Boys (RTÉ/BBC)
Moone Boy (Sky)
The Savage Eye (RTÉ)
ENTERTAINMENT
50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy (Sky)
The Imelda May Show (RTÉ)
Ireland AM (TV3)
The Voice Of Ireland (RTÉ)
MALE PERFORMANCE IN SOAP OR COMEDY
Sean Mahon, Red Rock (TV3)
Brendan O'Carroll Mrs Browns Boys (RTÉ/BBC)
Chris O'Dowd, Moone Boy (Sky)
Enda Oates, Fair City (RTÉ)
Andy Quirke, Damo & Ivor (RTÉ)
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN SOAP OR COMEDY
Cathy Belton, Red Rock (TV3)
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Jane McGrath, Red Rock (TV3)
Deirdre O'Kane, Moone Boy (Sky)
Martina Stanley, Fair City (RTÉ)
FACTUAL
Lords and Ladles (RTÉ)
Nationwide: Fr. Browne's Forgotten War (RTÉ)
Wild Ireland (RTÉ)
The Zoo (RTÉ)
REALITY
A Sporting Chance (RTÉ)
Bressies Teenage Kicks (RTÉ)
Connected (RTÉ)
WWoofáil California (TG4)
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Bliain in Inish Mór (TG4)
Darndale - The Edge of Town (TV3)
The High Hopes Choir (RTÉ)
The Shelbourne (RTÉ)
DOCUMENTARY SINGLE
Close to Evil (RTÉ)
Dolores Keane - A Storm in the Heart (RTÉ)
It Came From Connemara!! (TG4)
Man on Bridge (RTÉ)
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
Fair City (RTÉ)
Red Rock (TV3)
NEWS
BBC Newsline: The Death of Ian Paisley
RTE Six One News: Graham Dwyer
Nuacht TG4
TV3 530 News: The Resignation of Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan
UTV Ireland Live
CURRENT AFFAIRS
A Secret Buried: The Mother and Baby Scandal (TV3)
Above the Law (RTÉ)
Inside Bungalow 3 - RTÉ Investigations Unit (RTÉ)
Panorama: Britain's Secret Terror Deal (BBCNI)
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
A Parting Gift (RTÉ)
Áille an Uafáis/A Terrible Beauty (TG4)
Brendan Behan - The Roaring Boy (RTÉ)
Cumann na mBan - Mná na Réabhlóide (RTÉ)
The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne: Stephen Fry (RTÉ)
SPORTS
Arkle - The Legend Lives On (RTÉ)
GAA USA (TG4)
The Notorious (Conor McGregor) (RTÉ)
Second Captains Live (RTÉ)
LIVE EVENT
Fleadh TV (TG4)
Referendum 2015: RTÉ Live Results Coverage (RTÉ)
St Patrick's Day Concert (BBCNI)
Vincent Browne in the George (TV3)
CHILDRENS/YOUNG PEOPLES - LIVE ACTION
Our Farm (RTÉ)
Shutterbugs (RTÉ)
Saol Faoi Shráid (TG4)
Two Tube (RTÉ)
ANIMATION - CHILDRENS/YOUNG PEOPLES
Bing
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Nelly and Nora
Puffin Rock
IRISH LANGUAGE
Áille an Uafáis/A Terrible Beauty (TG4)
An Bronntanas (TG4)
Ar Intinn Eile (TG4)
Corp is Anam (TG4)
Katie (TG4)
DIRECTOR SOAP/COMEDY
Gary Agnew, Fair City
Lisa Mulcahy, Red Rock
Damien O'Donnell, The Savage Eye
Chris O'Dowd, Moone Boy
WRITER SOAP / COMEDY
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe
Peter McKenna, Red Rock
Barry Murphy, Irish Pictorial Weekly
Chris O'Dowd & Nick Vincent Murphy, Moone Boy
DIRECTOR TELEVISION
Maurice Sweeney, Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy
Liam McGrath, Dolores Keane - A Storm in the Heart
Patrick Simmons Ward, The Notorious
Darragh Byrne, O Sé: A Legacy
SOUND TELEVSION
After Braveheart
Ceolchuairt
Dolphins Ireland's Ocean
My Father's War
EDITING TELEVISION
Zaini Darragh, Des Bishop Breaking China
Mick Mahon, After Braveheart
Mick Mahon, Rough Rider
Brenda Morrissey, OCD and Me
CAMERA TELEVISION
Eleanor Bowman, OCD & Me
Colm Whelan, Aille an Ufais/A Terrible Beauty
Michael O'Donovan, The Long Walk
Ciaran Tanham, Red Rock
