Creating ‘diverse, open and welcoming platform’ a key aim for Culture Night 2024
Arts Council hopes people will engage more in local projects after experiencing some of 1,700 free events nationwide later this month
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Greater investment in Irish language and Gaeltacht urged in budget
Lobbies propose €57m for increased Gaeltacht and Irish spending, including extra €26m for TG4
‘It’s worth trying things. It’s worth trusting your gut. It’s worth going for it’
What’s next for Project Arts Centre artistic director Cian O’Brien who is leaving to set up a production, touring and consultancy company?
Culture Night Dublin 2023: An outsider’s insider guide to where to go on September 22nd
Do Culture Night at your own pace, equipped with tools including earplugs or headphones and good walking shoes. Try your best to be patient too
Temple Bar plaza to be transformed into outdoor roller disco for Culture Night
Annual nocturnal celebration of culture and creativity takes place on September 22nd across the country with more than 300 events
Culture Night 2023 to see 1,800 events across Ireland in September
Events will to place in both Republic and Northern Ireland with Belfast and Derry playing host to dozens of events
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire: 250 years of Ireland’s touchstone love poem
Lament for Art O’Leary, which Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill wrote for her murdered husband on May 4th, 1773, is still hugely powerful
Neglected reputations: The forgotten Yeats sisters, Lily and Elizabeth
Somewhat overshadowed by brothers WB and Jack, the sisters were a key part of the Celtic Revival and powerhouses behind Dun Emer and Cuala, creative outlets for female writers and artists
February’s best new translated fiction
Hit Parade of Tears; Cold Nights of Childhood; The Private Lives of Trees; Love Me Tender; The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody
Leprechaun hats or vampire festivals: The mixed message of Ireland abroad
Promotion of Irish artists hampered by tensions between cultural diplomacy and opaque State patronage
Culture Ireland to continue with virtual events after Covid
New strategy pledges plan to ensure inclusion of artists from underrepresented sectors
‘The Swiss are relaxed and lockdown measures were very humane’
Wild Geese: Photographer Shannon Guerrico co-runs an art gallery in Lausanne
Venice Architecture Biennale’s Irish Pavilion explores our role in the data revolution
Entanglement by Annex reflects Ireland’s long-standing, complicated role in global tech ecosystem
Voice of arts and entertainment industry growing louder and more urgent
Next budget needs to include huge supports for a sector brought to its knees by Covid-19
New cultural officer seeks to boost Ireland’s image in Germany
Berlin-based Candice Gordon is the first of seven cultural representatives to be appointed globally
The ultimate parents’ survival guide to summer 2020
Activities are curbed due to Covid-19, but there’s plenty of ways to keep kids occupied
Irish artists are not helped by cloud-cuckoo-land responses to the Covid-19 crisis
Michael Dervan: Contemporary Music Centre’s list of unrealistic demands is shameful
Arts Council’s role is now to provide income continuance and business survival
The Covid-19 crisis has put millions of independent artists and small companies around the world under existential threat
Government to source alternative protective equipment, says Donohoe
Arts Council to release €1m to support artists suffering due to ongoing Covid-19 crisis
Election 2020: 10 things you should ask your candidate but probably won’t
As funding for the arts continues to erode, here are the questions to ask on the doorstep
Election 2020: Arts sector calls on parties to double investment in Arts by 2025
NCFA says 72% of artists earn less than the minimum wage, 72% don’t have pension
The arts board: a way to give something back that pays biscuits
Cultural institutions need board members, and it can be rewarding (just not financially)
Kevin Rafter named as Arts Council’s new chairman
DCU communications head succeeds Sheila Pratschke at Government arts agency
Plan to turn St Patrick’s Day into month-long shindig
Susan Kirby, CEO of St Patrick’s Festival, wants to expand the celebrations
London Irish Centre to receive €1.15m from Irish Government for redevelopment
Premises in Camden to be redeveloped to better serve ‘diverse needs’ of Irish community
Campaigning for better conditions for artists in Sellotaped shoes
The issue of artists’ livelihood dominated a 250-strong gathering at Dublin Castle
The Irish Times view on artists’ incomes: culture on the cheap
How much of cultural funding is now devoted to the State’s own bureaucratic processes and functions in this area?
Ruth Negga urges State to ‘nourish and care’ for Irish artists
Actor named as cultural ambassador for Ireland says ‘we can’t take art for granted’
Not a shamrock in sight: Building a new vision of Ireland in New York
The city’s Irish Arts Center is changing perceptions of Ireland and Irish America
Appetite for Irish film in London continues to grow
Irish Film Festival London returns next week for eighth year
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: a man of energy, joie de vivre, vision and charisma
President said pioneering musician, composer and academic 'fearless sense of exploration'
Madigan confirms Galway 2020 to get first major tranche of State funding
Minister announces Markievicz bursaries for women artists and writers, to mark women’s suffrage, and hopes Galway 2020 appoints new artistic director soon
Higgins to return €200,000 to State at end of term
President says €317,000 allowance is used to cater for events at Áras attended by 20,000
Dublin's new Goethe-Institut sets an example for Irish cultural policy
After a multimillion-euro renovation, the arts institute is ready to spearhead a renaissance
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