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THREE Irish celebrities have been nominated for the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards..

The 31st Annual SAG awards are due to take place on Sunday, February 23, 2025.

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In-person nominations for the prestigious awards show were due to take place yesterday, but were cancelled.

As wildfires ripped through much of North Los Angeles, the nominations were scrapped and instead announced through a press release.

Nominations were due to be read out by actors Kooper Koch and Joey King.

Despite the setback, three Irish stars emerged triumphant as they secured themselves nods in their respective categories.

Following his victorious Golden Globe win, Colin Farrell could be set to pick up another award with his nod in Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series, for his show, The Penguin.

Competing against Colin in this category is fellow Irish heart-throb Andrew Scott, who is up for the SAG with his leading role in Netflix’s Ripley.

Elsewhere in their category, the pair are up against Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd, Monster’s Javier Bardem and Disclaimer’s Kevin Kline.

Rounding off the Irish nominations for this year is former Derry Girls star, Nicola Coughlan.

Nicola is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, for her role as Penelope Featherington in the third season of Bridgerton.

The 38-year-old faces some stiff competition in her category as she is up against Kathy Bates, Keri Russell, Allison Janney and Anna Sawai – who took home the Golden Globe in this category on Sunday.

Nicola’s show Bridgerton is also up for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, giving it just two nominations, while Colin Farrell’s The Penguin picked up three.

Some notable Irish absences from the film nominations this year was Saoirse Ronan for her roles in both The Outrun and Blitz, along with Paul Mescal for his role in Gladiator ii.

Upon the cancellation of the live nominations the SAG awards organisers released a statement.

They said: “In an abundance of caution for the safety of our presenters, guests, and staff, the live in-person 31st Annual SAG Awards nominations announcement has been cancelled due to the wildfires and adverse wind conditions in Los Angeles.”

The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are due to take place on February 23, and will be streamed live on Netflix worldwide.

Kristen Bell will be hosting the awards, while Jane Fonda will be presented with the Life Achievement Award, the guild’s highest honor.

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EMMERDALE appears to have kicked off a major new affair storyline in tonight’s bombshell episode.

The ITV soap has aired an hour-long special where Dawn Taylor drugged Kim Tate in a desperate attempt to get her to confess to killing her dad Will.

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Kim Tate was poisoned by Dawn Taylor in tonight’s Emmerdale[/caption]

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Dawn wanted to get Kim to confess to killing her dad Will at Christmas[/caption]

However it backfired when Kim only revealed that she froze before trying to save him before passing out from the drugging.

Kim was rushed to hospital where she discovered she’d been drugged with ketamine – but in a surprising turn she told the police she had taken it herself and covered for Dawn.

And she told Joe that she wanted to forget it all and move on so they could grieve as a family.

Returning to Home Farm, Joe told Dawn: “Look Dawn, you should try to forget about what happened today and Kim will do the same.”

But she confessed that she’d already told Billy who hadn’t taken it particularly well – and surprisingly Joe comforted her.

“From what I’ve heard, you’ve had a pretty rough year,” he said.

“With your son, your dad and your mum. I think it’s understandable that you’d do something a little crazy.”

He added: “I’ve been exactly where you are right now.

“You know what I tried to do to Charity. All that anger that you’re feeling, it’s just another word for hurt and upset. I didn’t know that at the time but I do now.

“Lashing out and taking it out on everyone around you, it doesn’t solve anything. It’s not going to fill the hole that he left behind. I wish it did.”

“I just wanted someone to blame,” said Dawn.

Joe told her: “It’s always harder when there isn’t anyone.”

Dawn replied: “Thank you for today. I don’t know what I would’ve done if you hadn’t been there.”

“You made a mistake,” aid Joe.

“It’s OK, we’ve all been there. It doesn’t change who you are on the inside. I know that more than anyone.”

And with that Dawn leaned in to kiss him and the pair shared a brief kiss – but it was clear Joe was pleased with the result.

Dawn jumped into her apologies but he reassured her.

“It’s OK,” Joe said, getting up to leave. “Maybe lie to Billy about this one?”

Is this the start of a passionate new affair in the village? And what does Joe really want?

Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.

EVERY year thousands of Irish cars fail the NCT – and here’s the motors most likely to leave without road clearance.

In 2024, over 1.7 million National Car Tests were carried out with nearly half of those vehicles failing the full test.

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And recent data from CarTakeBack revealed the makes of cars with the highest failure rate.

Among the makes that were put through the test, Chevrolet had the highest failure rate, with 72 per cent of its vehicles failing – mainly due to steering and suspension issues.

Daihatsu wasn’t far behind, with 63 per cent of their vehicles failing, again due to steering and suspension problems.

Chrysler followed closely, with 62 per cent of its models failing primarily for issues also related to steering and suspension.

Citroen had a 61 per cent failure rate, but its most common problem was lighting and electrical faults rather than suspension issues.

Fiat’s vehicles also had a 54 per cent failure rate, with steering and suspension problems topping the list of reasons why they failed the NCT.

Alfa Romeo, another brand with a 54 per cent failure rate, saw most of its failures due to lighting and electrical issues.

Peugeot also struggled with lighting and electrical faults and had a 54 per cent failure rate.

Ford vehicles had a 53 per cent failure rate, with lighting and electrical defects being the most common cause.

Renault had a 53 per cent failure rate as well, with lighting and electrical faults making up the majority of the reasons for failure.

Nissan had a 53 per cent failure rate, with steering and suspension being the top reason for failing.

Top 10 reasons

The number one reason cars fail the NCT is steering and suspension problems, accounting for 15 per cent of all failures.

Lighting and electrical faults closely follow, contributing to 14.2 per cent of all NCT failures.

Vehicles failing the slip slide test came in third, with 12.3 per cent of cars failing due to traction issues.

Wheels and tyres were the fourth most common reason, with 9.9 per cent of vehicles failing the test for problems related to tyres or alignment.

The fifth most common reason for failure is the brake test, responsible for 9.5 per cent of all NCT failures.

Braking equipment problems also made the list, contributing to 7.4 per cent of vehicle failures.

Issues related to the light test came in seventh, accounting for 7.2 per cent of failures.

Vehicle and safety equipment concerns were the eighth most common reason for failing the test, making up 6.5 per cent of all NCT failures.

Suspension-related problems were the ninth most common failure, accounting for 4.9 per cent of issues.

Finally, engine, noise, and exhaust problems round out the list, accounting for 4.3 per cent of all NCT failures.

Top 5 NCT failure hot-spots

Cavan was the top test centre for NCT failures in 2024, with 61 per cent of vehicles failing their tests, a total of 1.8k vehicles.

Carrick-on-Shannon also made the list with a high percentage of failures at 10 per cent.

Ennis followed closely behind, also with a 10 per cent failure rate for cars tested there.

Monaghan saw 9 per cent of its vehicles fail their NCT tests, marking it as another hotspot for failures.

Cahirciveen, with 9 per cent of its vehicles failing, also made the list of failure hotspots.

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