All the updated news related to Arts Council

All the news related to Arts Council updated in real time

Found 19

forArts Council

Order by:

Arts & Entertainment

Dunamaise Arts Centre secures share of €130 million Arts Council investment

The Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise has secured €125,000 in funding from the Arts Council's €130 million investment across Ireland in 2021. With its exchequer grant increased to €130 million, the government agency for funding and developing the ...

04 Mar 2021 at 15:46

Arts & Entertainment

New bursary scheme open to Laois artists offers financial and career development opportunities

The Association of Local Authority Arts Offices (LAAOs) in collaboration with the Arts Council have introduced a new scheme aimed at supporting mid-career artists across the country. The scheme, Platform 31, is designed to support and offer career ...

10 Nov 2020 at 18:06

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

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 project that had ...

13 Feb 2025 at 14:52

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 the governance review after it ...

12 Feb 2025 at 13:58

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 ...

19 Feb 2023 at 12:02

Home

Almost €10K awarded to help Laois youths engage in arts

A total of €9,640 has been awarded by the Arts Council to the Laois Youth Dance Ensemble to enable local youths engage in a community-based artistic project. The funding has been confirmed as part of the Art Council’s popular Young ...

30 Jun 2017 at 15:05

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 ...

07 Apr 2022 at 12:34

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

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 at Saturday’s ...

01 Feb 2025 at 15:42

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 ...

22 Aug 2023 at 10:56

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. ...

18 Jul 2023 at 18:31

Years
2025

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.