Cartoon Saloon win big at Irish Animation Awards

The Oscar-nominated film Wolfwalkers from Cartoon Saloon studio - which was co-founded by a Boyle native - was the big winner in this year's Irish Animation Awards, coming away with four awards in total, including Best Irish Feature or Special.

This year's event was broadcast live online and was hosted by Irish TV and radio star Baz Ashmawy.

Roscommon man Paul Young is one of the key figures behind the studio based in Kilkenny which also picked up two awards for their animated kids series, Dorg Van Dango.