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Tue 08 Aug 2009Tóibín says proposed arts cuts are cynical
NOVELIST COLM Tóibín has accused the McCarthy spending review group of “knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing” in cuts it is proposing to the arts budget.
Tóibín said the proposals, which included the withdrawal of funding for Culture Ireland, met Oscar Wilde’s famous definition of a cynic. As a member of the Arts Council, he said the organisation would face “very difficult decisions” about what small festivals it will fund in the future.
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