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Rebecca Black

Star of Oscar-winning NI movie An Irish Goodbye James martin to be honoured by Ulster University

The trailblazing Belfast-born star of an Oscar-winning film is to be honoured by Ulster University.

Actor James Martin was part of the cast of the short film An Irish Goodbye which swept the major awards ceremonies this year.

Martin is the first actor with Down's syndrome to scoop an Oscar. He joins gymnast Rhys McClenaghan, poet Michael Longley and broadcaster Sean Rafferty among the cohort in Ulster University's honorary graduates this year.

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