‘This is the greatest honour’, says Jessie Buckley as she makes history as first Irish star to win Best Actress Oscar

IRISH actress Jessie Buckley has made history as the first ever Irish-born star to win the Oscar for Best Actress. The Kerry native, 36, has already scooped a Bafta, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice award for her powerful role as Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare, in the film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet. Buckley was up against Rose Byrne, Emma Stone,...