This morning brings good tidings for a select few in the Irish TV industry as the shortlisted nominations for the 23 categories in the 2015 IFTA TV nominations were announced.

There'll be celebrations in the Ashmawy household as Baz and his mammy Nancy were nominated for in the Entertainment category for 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy alongside RTÉ’s The Imelda May Show and ShinAwil’s The Voice of Ireland and TV3’s flagship breakfast show Ireland AM.

The newly created Comedy category gives nods to Irish Pictorial Weekly and The Savage Eye alongside sitcoms Mrs Browns Boys and Moone Boy, with Chris O Dowd and Brendan O'Carroll also getting nominated for their work in the Male Performance in a Soap or Comedy category, alongside Enda Oates for his work in Fair City, Andrew Quirke for Damo & Ivor and Sean Mahon for his role as Garda Brian McGonigle in Red Rock.

Speaking of soaps, the new Soap & Continuing Drama Award category which will see Red Rock and Fair City square off for the title. If there isn't a Bad Blood/Channel 5 News Team showdown in the Double Tree Ballroom on Thursday 22nd October 2015 we'll be raging.

Also new is the Female Performance in a Soap or Comedy, which sees Martina Stanley nominated for her performance as Dolores Molloy in Fair City, as is Cathy Belton for TV3’s Red Rock. Sharon Horgan (yay!) also picked up a nomination for the amazing Catastrophe, while Jane McGrath and Deirdre O'Kane both get nods for their work in Moone Boy.

Here are the nominations in full:

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