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Northern Ireland

DUP minister ‘more than happy’ to attend Fleadh in Belfast

DUP Minister Gordon Lyons has said he would be “more than happy” to accept an invitation to attend the all-Ireland Fleadh when it comes to Belfast next year. The Communities Minister said he believed the event should represent all musical traditions ...

31 Mar 2025 at 16:46

Northern Ireland

UK and Irish governments should ‘consider their actions’ over Kneecap funding

The UK and Irish governments should “consider their actions” with regard to any funding provided to Irish rap trio Kneecap, a Stormont minister has said. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said the actions of the the band amounted the “glorification ...

19 May 2025 at 14:52

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

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 work of a number of ...

19 Feb 2023 at 12:02

Local News

20 years of film and Limerick festival is still Fresh

LIMERICK’S Fresh Film Festival, running this week in the city, is celebrating 20 years in operation, making it the longest running film event in the country. Fittingly having reached such a significant milestone, some 450 entries were received ...

08 Mar 2016 at 11:30

Arts & Entertainment

Slight increase in Arts Council funding for Limerick

THERE has been a slight increase in the funding allocated to Limerick arts organisations by the Arts Council of Ireland for 2016. The Arts Council has allocated close to €1.8m through its three main funding strands, rising to almost €1.85 ...

15 Jan 2016 at 12:11

Local News

Arts funding takes centre stage in Limerick city

EDUCATION minister Jan O’Sullivan has called for “more transparency” in how the Arts Council allocates funding to regional groups. The Labour TD was replying to a question from actor Liam O’Brien at a hustings in the Belltable, organised ...

25 Feb 2016 at 11:00

National News

Arts Council has spent 60,000 euro on legal action over failed grants system

The Arts Council has spent 60,000 euro to date on legal action against contractors over a failed IT grants system which cost more than six million euro. The State’s arts body is pursuing legal action against four “key” contractors, ...

11 Jun 2025 at 15:08

Arts & Entertainment

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, ...

06 Jun 2022 at 13:50

National News

Millions spent on Arts Council failed IT scheme ‘absolutely alarming’ – Tanaiste

The millions of euro spent by the Arts Council on an abandoned IT project has been described by Tanaiste Simon Harris as “absolutely alarming”. It emerged that the Arts Council had spent 6.6675 million euro on a failed IT ...

13 Feb 2025 at 14:52

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 ...

29 Jun 2023 at 15:43

Northern Ireland

Rare 245-year-old violin presented to new leader of Ulster Youth Orchestra

A rare 245-year-old Neapolitan violin has been presented to the leader of the Ulster Youth Orchestra (UYO) for use during her tenure. Anna Jansson, 21, from Cork, a student at the Kunst-Universitat (University of ...

21 Aug 2025 at 11:00

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