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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Eyes roll at ‘cringey’ jokes amid Irish disappointment at Oscars haul

Host Jimmy Kimmel walks on stage with a donkey during the Oscars ceremony
Host Jimmy Kimmel walks on stage with a donkey supposedly from The Banshees of Inisherin during the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

Ireland had hoped for Oscar glory but instead ended up the butt of jokes about drinking, fighting and incomprehensible accents as it claimed just a couple of the coveted golden statuettes.

Just two awards out of 14 nominations was disappointment enough but Hollywood added insult to injury with national tropes that elicited eye rolls in Ireland.

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