The manager of a Dublin youth club where Bafta-winner Barry Keoghan starred in one of his first drama roles has hailed the actor as a “fantastic role model” who is inspiring the next generation.
The 30-year-old Dubliner, who is also nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor along with Banshees of Inisherin co-star Brendan Gleeson, was praised after dedicating his Bafta win to Ireland and “the kids that are dreaming to be something from the area I come from".
Keoghan, whose mother struggled with drug addiction and died when he was a child, was placed with a dozen foster homes along with his brother before going to live with his grandmother.
