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Arts Council Announces €47.4m in Strategic Funding for 2022

Increases for music, opera and traditional arts organisations including Irish National Opera and the Irish Traditional Music Archive.

Arts & Culture • 10 Jun 22

Artists (L-R) Aoife Spillane-Hinks, Margo McNulty, Minister Catherine Martin, Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín and Jody O'Neill

10 artists receive Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award

awards • 21 May 22

Sunday Miscellany Arts Council Special: Niamh Campbell

From Sunday Miscellany's Arts Council 70th anniversary celebrations: novelist Niamh Campbell goes on a silent, Vipassana retreat

Arts Council of Ireland • 25 May 22

Seán Ó Riada celebrated - live concerts to stream on RTÉ Culture

Music • 24 Sep 21

Entanglement - inside the Irish Pavilion at Venice 2021

Architecture • 25 May 21

An image from Dublin Youth Theatre's 2019 production The Sleepwalkers

Decline of young people involved in the Arts

The head of Young People, Children and Education at the Arts Council says there is a decline in participation in the arts from the ages …

Arts and Culture • 26 Nov 20

The Liz Roche Dance Company are one of the recipients of the commissions

Arts Council of Ireland commissions 94 artists and organisations

The Arts Council of Ireland have recently awarded 94 commissions to artists and artistic organisations across Ireland.

Arts and Culture • 24 Nov 20

Budget 2021: Culture and entertainment sectors receive a boost

A live entertainment support package and an increase in funding to the Arts Council were among the measures announced for the arts and entertainment sector …

Arts Council of Ireland • 13 Oct 20

An image from Michael Keegan-Dolan's Swan Lake / Loch na hEala (2016)

Arts-loving public wants assurances before going back to events

Maureen Kennelly, Director of the Arts Council, writes for Culture about the ongoing challenges facing Ireland's cultural community, the importance of arts in the age …

opinion • 26 Feb 21

An image from Philip Connaughton's dance piece Assisted Solo

Why we need to value our artists now more than ever

Opinion: I've been trying to write about my growing unease at artists' chronically weak position in society, writes Lian Bell...

Culture • 26 Jun 20

Lenny Abrahamson on the future of the arts in Ireland

The Expert Advisory Group set up by the Arts Council to advise on the arts in a post-Covid world has published its report. It's called …

RTÉ Arena • 23 Jun 20

More than 12,000 events have been cancelled

Study shows 90% of arts community financially hit by Covid-19

Artists and arts organisations across the country are suffering enormous financial losses and facing an uncertain future as a direct result of the Covid-19 public …

Arts Council of Ireland • 11 May 20

New Arts Council Director Maureen Kennelly

Maureen Kennelly appointed as Director of the Arts Council

Maureen Kennelly has been appointed as the new Director of the Arts Council.

Arts & Culture • 06 Mar 20

Watch: Sebastian Barry talks to Claire-Louise Bennett

The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers asking what is writing? And what is its purpose …

Books • 16 Jan 20

Watch: Sebastian Barry talks to Yan Ge

The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers asking what is writing? In the latest conversation, he …

Books • 07 Jan 20

(L-R) Arts Council of England Director Darren Henley, Arts Council of Northern Ireland Director Roisin McDonough, Arts Council of Ireland Director Orlaith McBride, Arts Council of Wales Director Nick Capaldi and Arts Council of Scotland Director Iain Munr

Arts Councils gather to warn of Brexit risks to culture

At a meeting in Dublin today the Directors of the Arts Councils of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England warned of the risks posed …

Culture • 01 Mar 19

Watch: Sebastian Barry and Mia Gallagher in conversation

The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers asking what is writing? In the latest conversation, he …

Books • 14 Feb 19

Barbara Knezevic, 'Exquisite tempo sector', 2016, multimedia installation, approx 3000 × 6000 × 6000 mm, Collection of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, courtesy of the artist © The artist

In The Picture: The Arts Council Collection at Culture Night

As part of this year's Culture Night celebrations hosted by RTÉ at the National Museum at Collins Barracks, the Arts Council and RTÉ showcased works …

visual arts • 16 Oct 18

The Curiosity Series: John McLachlan & Brian Leyden get creative

The Art of Reading: Sinéad Gleeson on a Mary Lavin masterpiece

The Art of Reading: Colm Tóibín on The Ante Room by Kate O'Brien

In The Picture: GUIDES at The Linenhall, Mayo