by Rob Hartnett | Feb 13, 2019 | Festivals, Funding, Government, News
The 2019 National St. Patrick’s Festival will celebrate Ireland’s rich heritage of Storytelling. The Festival will feature family experiences, large scale events, diverse and challenging newly commissioned performances, a myriad of musical performances, the National...
by Rob Hartnett | Jan 21, 2019 | Arts, Government, News
We will be attending and reporting from Culture Ireland’s Global Ireland 2025 Conference this Thursday. The event is part of the Government’s Global Ireland 2025 initiative and will take place in Dublin Castle. It will bring together cultural stakeholders,...
by Rob Hartnett | Jan 16, 2019 | Cinema, Government, News
The British Board of Film Classification is to change the way in which it looks at the age ratings of films, amid greater demand for guidance around all forms of entertainment. The new Classification Guidelines have been published in response to public demand for...
by Rob Hartnett | Jan 7, 2019 | Funding, Government, News
Culture Ireland is to provide funding of €2.13m for the promotion of Irish arts globally in 2019. A total of €1.16m will enable 168 Irish artists and arts organisations to present projects covering architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, opera, theatre...
by Rob Hartnett | Oct 10, 2018 | Arts, Funding, Government, News
The Chair of the Arts Council, Sheila Pratschke, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan of €75m funding to the Arts Council for 2019. “We are delighted with the announcement of €75m in funding for 2019...
by Rob Hartnett | Oct 9, 2018 | Funding, Government, News
The early indications from today’s budget are broadly positive for the Arts and Culture sector. The Ministers speech in the Dáil revealed that there will be an extension of the current film corporation tax credit. It will now run to December 2024 an extension...
