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The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, announced new initiatives for the Night-time Economy which includes a new pilot scheme, in partnership with the Arts Council, to help existing arts and cultural spaces open their doors to new late night activity, a €2 million capital grant scheme to support […]

New Initiatives to Drive Climate Action in Cultural Sector

By Ryan Harmon 15 June 2023

Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, has set out her vision for the cultural sector to become a leader on climate action in Ireland. At the core of this vision will be the preparation of a new national policy framework on culture, creativity and climate action. The new policy marks […]

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Limerick Jazz Festival Welcomes Back All-Live Performances

By Ryan Harmon 8 September 2022

A special performance based on the successful play ‘Bread Not Profits’, recounting the Limerick Soviet of 1919 and the Irish premiere of a piece inspired by James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ are two of the highlights of this year’s Limerick Jazz Festival. Venues across Limerick City will play host to some of the best jazz performers around as the 12th annual

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Culture Night Across Cork County

By Ryan Harmon 6 September 2022

Culture Night nationally and across Cork County is on Friday 23rd of September, with over 200 family friendly free events throughout Baile Mhúirne, Bandon, Carrigaline, Charleville, Clonakilty, Cobh, Fermoy, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Mitchelstown, Passage West, Skibbereen, Watergrasshill, Youghal and the surrounding towns and villages. Culture Night is a national

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The Art of Being Health and Wellbeing Symposium on the Role of Creativity in People’s Health Launched

By Ryan Harmon 27 June 2022

Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Health, have jointly affirmed their recognition of the health and wellbeing benefits of creativity and arts. The all-of-government Creative Ireland Programme, the Department of Health (Healthy Ireland), the Health Service Executive and the Arts Council

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Decade of Centenaries – Minister Martin Announces Opening of Markievicz Award for 2022

By Ryan Harmon 30 December 2021

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has announced that her Department’s Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award bursary scheme for artists will open for online applications for the 2022 Award. This will be via the Arts Council’s website on Monday 10 January 2022 and will close at 5.30pm on […]

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Arts Council Invests €3m in its Creative Places Programme

By Ryan Harmon 28 June 2021

Arts Council has expanded its Creative Places programme nationally to invest in places which have not benefitted from sustained arts investment before. Expanding from its pilot programme in Tuam, the new places include Athy (Kildare), Bagenalstown (Carlow), Darndale, (North Dublin), Edenderry (Offaly) and the West Cork Islands for three year programmes, while Shannon

Three New Initiatives to Support the Night-Time Economy

New Initiatives to Drive Climate Action in Cultural Sector

Limerick Jazz Festival Welcomes Back All-Live Performances

Culture Night Across Cork County

The Art of Being Health and Wellbeing Symposium on the Role of Creativity in People’s Health Launched

Decade of Centenaries – Minister Martin Announces Opening of Markievicz Award for 2022

Arts Council Invests €3m in its Creative Places Programme

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