Arts Council

Short stories from the 1940s and 1950s are paired with insightful responses from contemporary writers

Dutch university decision to cancel Godot production over issues of audition diversity part of trend of disrespecting art creators

Avril Riordan successfully argued to Tax Appeals Commission that Revenue’s view of her work incorrect

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

The seven-year redesign ‘packs a lot into a city-centre site and gears us up for the future’, says the national conservatoire’s director

Young Irish podcasters successfully finding their voice interviewing guests, reporting child-friendly news and teaching fun facts

This year’s Classics Now festival recognises how the current classical cultural resurgence has been driven by prominent female writers and historians

The council’s funding of €50.5 million for 2023 is being distributed to 107 organisations across the country

Annual stipend known as Cnuas only recently returned to 2013 level after series of cuts prompted by recession

Theatre expects income to return to pre-Covid levels this year in the absence of lockdowns

The two-person Cork theatre company behind Disco Pigs is dead, leaving a ‘devastating hole’. Does this spell trouble?

Hugh Linehan: This tangled tale has led to serious friction between some of the protagonists

Documents shed new light on controversial payments made to the Abbey’s former co-directors

Minister maintains Arts Council funding at €130m and prioritises developing night-time economy and artists’ studios

State subsidy of €7.5 million remains at the same level as last year and has several conditions attached

National Campaign for the Arts chairwoman says Minister is ‘on the same page as us’ with regards to funding

Fiercely independent Cork artist was thoroughly alienated from the arts establishment

Festival in a Van, initially an idea to provide entertainment during Covid, is now touring the country to provide a vital cultural link for Ukrainian refugees

Dancer Luke Murphy talks about the inspiration for and success of Volcano, and how his new show on a floating stage aims to change the way we interact with dance

There have been many other Púca stories but time can soften loathing of art that jars because it is initially unexpected and different

State will not communicate preferred narrative or make judgments in Civil War events

Róisín McBrinn takes over as artistic director and Colm O’Callaghan as executive director

Arts Council grant of €450,000 covers ‘everything we wanted to do’, says director

We list the top five courses and focus on a sample course from each college featured

Museum venue plan has role to play in vibrancy of city’s cultural life, says IFI director

Domestic premiere of An Cailín Ciúin opens festival’s 20th edition on February 23rd

A €25m pilot scheme is particularly heartening after the hardships and losses of earnings imposed on all art forms by the venue closures and capacity restrictions

Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge

The fragility of the kind of funding model that relies so much on box office receipts has to be examined

Theatre’s funding position has become increasingly difficult, accounts state

Curator Vera Klute, who makes a living solely from her art, insists setbacks are normal

Bullying, harassment, humiliation and sexual assault ‘likely to be accepted norms’

Objectors as far away as Australia decry loss of Irish music venue

Folk duo Ye Vagabonds are on a tour of Ireland’s inland waterways, playing free outdoor gigs

Organisation admits error in comparing challenges of racism with those of pandemic

Tributes paid to author and co-founder of award-winning McCullough Mulvin Architects

Sharp drop in 2020 revenues followed theatre postponing or cancelling 23 productions

Performers say outdoor gigs for 200 people a ‘joke’ as 40,000 fans at All-Ireland final

The arts sector is waiting to see if funding support through the pandemic will be built on

Minister inquires if Covid Digital Certificate could help reopen live entertainment