A new national opera company, arts programmes for children and a touring plan for the Abbey Theatre are among the investments to be made by the Arts Council in 2018.
The council will invest €68.4 million over the course of the year under a new funding framework, which will include strategic funding for established organisations working at the highest level in the arts.
There will also be funding for emerging companies and organisations through the Arts Grants Funding programme while individual artists will also be supported.
2018 will also see the appointment of a new Laureate for Fiction and a new Laureate na nÓg.
