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Thu 09 Sep 2009Wealth of talent supports campaign against arts cutbacks
A CLUTCH of Irish artistic talent – including legendary singer Mary Black, actor and star of In America and The Tudors Sarah Bolger, actor and Aprés Match star Risteard Cooper, singer/songwriter Damian Dempsey, Mercury Prize nominee Lisa Hannigan, actor-novelist Amy Huberman, and composer Bill Whelan – came out in force at the Ark cultural centre for children in Dublin yesterday to back a National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA).
Abbey director Fiach MacConghail, in a rousing speech, said: “This Republic was founded by artists, poets and patriots, and in this room today there are artists, poets and patriots too.
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