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Arts Council announces over €47m in Strategic Funding for 2022

The Arts Council has announced its strategic funding decisions for 2022 with funding totalling €47.4million that will be distributed to 106 organisations across all parts of the country. From theatre to Irish traditional arts, from jazz to classical ...

06 Jun 2022 at 13:50

Arts & Entertainment

Creative Schools programme now open for applications

The Arts Council have this week announced that applications have opened for schools to apply for the Creative Schools 2022/2023 programme. Designed to provide opportunities for children and young people to build their artistic and creative skills, ...

07 Apr 2022 at 12:34

National News

Arts Council chief warns ‘pandemic habits may lead to arts losing a generation’

The director of the Arts Council has expressed concern that young people are not attending plays, art exhibitions and other cultural performances as often as before the pandemic. Maureen Kennelly said that although attendance across all age ...

23 Jul 2023 at 11:00

National News

Arts Council apologises after mistakenly awarding over €3 MILLION in grants

The Arts Council of Ireland has apologised after mistakenly awarding a €25,000 grant to over 140 people. The embarrassing error was made yesterday (June 28), when letters were issued to 141 applicants informing them of their success in ...

29 Jun 2023 at 15:43

National News

Arts Council report finds over representation for females and white Irish for arts funding

Females, white Irish individuals, and artists in Dublin are disproportionately over-represented for arts funding, according to a new equality report. The Arts Council has released its annual Equality Data and Arts Council Awards ...

22 Aug 2023 at 10:56

Northern Ireland

Work of artists in Belfast collective goes on display in Dublin

A new exhibition in Dublin will feature an eclectic range of work from members of a Belfast-based community arts collective. The Now That’s What I Call Vault exhibition at The Mart Gallery in Rathmines, Dublin, will show the ...

19 Feb 2023 at 12:02

National News

Nightclubs to be offered soundproofing funding ahead of new opening hours

Funding is to be given to nightclubs to help soundproof their venues as Ireland plans to update its licensing laws. The Government aims to renew antiquated licensing laws to allow pubs and clubs to open later. The current ...

18 Jul 2023 at 18:31

Local News

The Arts Council Invites Schools to Apply for Creative Schools Initiative

The Arts Council has invited schools to take part in their Creative Schools initiative, opening up the programme to another 150 schools, bringing the total number to 300. Running for a second year, the initiative is an ...

09 Mar 2020 at 11:45

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Offaly schools invited to take part in 'Creative Schools' initiative

The Arts Council has invited schools around Ireland to take part in their Creative Schools initiative, opening up the programme to another 150 schools, bringing the total number to 300. Running for a second year, the ...

09 Mar 2020 at 14:17

Northern Ireland

Funeral of Belfast poet Michael Longley to take place

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley will take place later. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on January 22. His funeral is to take place in All Souls Church in Belfast followed by a ...

01 Feb 2025 at 02:45

Northern Ireland

Poet Michael Longley touched souls with just a few words, funeral hears

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family ...

01 Feb 2025 at 15:42

National News

Arts Council put under governance review after wasting millions on IT project

All activities of the Arts Council are to be subjected to an external review after it accrued millions of euros in losses in pursuit of an unsuccessful IT project. Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan announced ...

12 Feb 2025 at 13:58

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