Can the Arts help revive the economy?
We've been taking a look at the Arts and Culture industry and asking whether it can help revive our economy.
Aine Lawlor spoke to some of the leading personalities in the artistic community to find out if there are ways that the Arts can generate jobs and stimulate economic activity in this area.
We're welcoming your ideas as well. Contact us at morningireland@rte.ie
You can listen to the interviews and reports which went into this series so far by clicking below
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Pat McGrath reports that medical students at NUI Galway can now take an arts module as part of their academic training -
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Joseph O'Neill, author of Netherland, says he is honoured to be on the shortlist for the biennial IMPAC Dublin Literary Award -
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Garry Hynes, Druid's artistic director, says the Galway theatre company is marking the occasion with an ambitious programme of work -
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Finbarr Bradley, economist and author, and James Hickey, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, discuss the reality of using the arts as part of Ireland's economic recovery -
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Neil Jordan, writer, producer and film maker, says the idea of monetising cultural activity is a slightly strange one -
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Louis Walsh says Ireland does not support its local artists in the same was as other countries like Germany and France and quotas are needed on Irish radio for acts -
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Philip King says we have a tradition that is fantastic and it is a resource that is wonderful and using technology it can be sent out to the world -
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Stephen Fallon, General Manager, Grand Canal Theatre, says 15,000 people will come to the theatre to see the show at the new venue -
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Gabriel Byrne, Ireland's first cultural ambassador to the United States, says that he wants to harness Irish ability in arts to create jobs -
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Fiach Mac Conghail, Artistic Director, Abbey Theatre, says the arts can offer a road map on how citizens should engage with the State -
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Dennis Swanson, President of the Irish-US Council and Head of Fox TV studios, says St Patrick's Day should be used to sell Ireland abroad -
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19 Irish bands performing at South By Southwest -
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Binchy wins Lifetime Achievement Award -
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Colm Tóibín, author, says institutions like the Arts Council, Aosdána, and university departments in Ireland are vital and should be supported -
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Evelyn McClafferty reports on Mike Scott and the Waterboys who opened their series of shows based on the poems of WB Yeats at the Abbey last night
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'There are always other options and help is always there ...'
Kerry teenager Donal Walsh has died after losing his battle with cancer.
He passed away at his home in Blennerville, County Kerry, surrounded by his dad Fionnbar, his mother Elma and his sister Jemma.
Donal, aged 16, had publicly appealed to young people not to end their lives. He wrote a letter which brought him to national prominence.
He had been battling cancer since he was first diagnosed four years ago, and had raised over €50,000 for charity.
Weeks before his death, Donal recorded a video message to be circulated in schools.
Fr Francis Nolan, parish priest of St. John's in Tralee, was with Donal Walsh's family in the hours after his death
Minister of State for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch paid tribute to Donal's 'generosity of spirit'