President Michael D Higgins has congratulated Cillian Murphy after he became the first Irish born actor to win the Best Actor award at the Oscars on Sunday night.
“We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb,” he said. “And for better or worse we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world. So I’d really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.”
Congratulations to Cillian Murphy on his wonderful achievement in winning the Best Actor Oscar, which he so appropriately dedicated to the peacemakers everywhere. Congratulations too to Tanaiste and fellow Cork man Micheál Martin also congratulated Murphy outside his alma mater St Anthony’s Boys National School, saying: “Absolutely thrilled & delighted that Cillian Murphy has won the Oscar for his performance in Oppenheimer.
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