More than 9,000 artists apply for universal basic income scheme
The successful 2,000 applicants will receive €325 a week
The successful 2,000 applicants will receive €325 a week
Basic Income for Arts pilot scheme will see 2,000 people chosen at random for stipend
Simon Coveney championed the bid for the most high-profile yachting race in the world
Two Government departments offered funding for facility amid closure threat, Dáil hears
Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge
Rise in hospitalisations putting pressure on healthcare services, chief medical officer says
New guidelines on next phase of reopening for hospitality have led to some confusion
Vaccine passes, contact tracing and face masks likely to be required under new rules
‘They have spoken about increased numbers at services, but nothing about singing’
Venues will be allowed bigger crowds from Monday if all vaccinated
Hugh Linehan: Our conservative approach to pandemic challenges may increasingly cause issues
Local authorities to get up to €250,000 to develop outdoor arts facilities
From jigsaws to art from your fridge, there are mental health benefits from make-and-do
Reopening of cinemas but not theatres described as ‘inconsistent and illogical’
Call for greater support for sector and concerns expressed for live performance
Blanket protection of structures restricts their use for contemporary living and their overall vitality and viability
Thousands on the ‘breadline’ with live music venues closed since March
Yet she appears not to have been fully involved in agreeing new restrictions on gatherings
Seán Moran: Some feel like the association has now been blindsided by NPHET twice
The arts have long been starved of funding and given a minor role in government policy
Arts shuffles back into department title as culture sector faces existential threat
Concern over difficulties getting grades for students taking subjects outside school
Media firms getting public cash should have 25% employee representation on board – NUJ
Kelly was deputy leader under Burton, while Ó Ríordáin served as a junior minister
‘Would the Jews commemorate the Germans?’ asks grandson of murdered IRA man
Corncrakes get major EU funding despite being of ‘least concern’ on Red List criteria
Plan for house featured in The Dead needs to be ‘reconsidered fully’
Arts Council pleased but artists’ body devastated by the increase in funding
Tahothoratie Cross was the first participant in a new annual scholarship programme
Mohawk student from Kahnawá:ke to study Irish in Connemara Gaeltacht this summer
AranLIFE is an innovative four-year project that aimed to overcome farming challenges
Brú na Bóinne finds have captured public’s imagination, and raise questions for the State
‘I’m the person who should speak out ... I did what I thought was right’
State money used to build art-house cinema for private company’s profit, Pac hears
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