The father of Belfast actor James Martin, who starred in Oscar-winning short film An Irish Goodbye, said his son becoming the first star with Down’s Syndrome to win at the Academy Awards is an “amazing feat”.
Ivan Martin said: “It’s an amazing feat. It’s something that nobody can ever take away from him. When you’re the first to do anything, it’s there for life and that’s how it is with him.”
Mr Martin said when his son was born, he was told he may never speak.
