Campaigners say the cyclical scheme is ‘a decent start’ but want it expanded. Others are unsure ‘how sustainable it is to support every artist in the country forever’
Critics of short-term letting argue it takes properties off the market that could be sold for housing or rented out
Successor to pilot programme will see 2,000 new eligible artists receive payment of €325 per week for three years
‘Anxiety’ for existing recipients as first scheme draws to a close this month
An expert report into the council’s botched €6.7m IT project found ‘no one shouted stop’ in its boardroom
Mistakes by senior management largely blamed for waste of €5.3m and system ultimately being abandoned
Report by Dáil watchdog comes after botched IT project at Arts Council and separate issue with X-ray scanner at National Gallery
Income rises to €1.4m despite closure of museum for rennovation during 2024
The spending included hundreds of thousands on legal advice
Chair also declared conflict of interest over grant to publisher of husband’s work
Plan for research-based scheme to be introduced as part of Budget 2026
Council told to stop spending money on legal cases aimed at recouping some of €6.75m lost on project, Oireachtas committee hears
Tourism and Gaeltacht move to other portfolios from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Master plan will set out comprehensive and long-term vision for a ‘living harbour’, says council
Difficulties with ‘over tourism’ in other EU countries cited in internal documents
Department of Public Expenditure set out several conditions for voluntary exits at broadcaster
Department told government-established review that pay in top-level posts at RTÉ and TG4 had fallen in real terms since 2016
Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes
Minister for Media says he does not support a levy on streaming services at the moment
Prof Niamh Brennan will lead the review, while a parallel review will be conducted of the Department of Arts and Culture itself
Extent of losses from failed IT project only disclosed last summer, statement from Catherine Martin suggests
A new IT framework will have seemed a good idea to many in the arts, but much went wrong in its implementation
Department of Media says overall cost of reviews following controversy was €1,146,315
Media regulator has grown rapidly but has argued internal corporate practices it inherited from its predecessor not fit for a larger organisation
Over 800 students expected to benefit from Deis Gaeltachta Scheme in summer of 2025
Finishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and Media
Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic
Minister for Arts Catherine Martin ‘acutely aware’ of pressures faced by creatives
Coimisiún na Meán has opened up consultations on its local democracy and courts reporting schemes – it’s a landmark moment for news publishers
Details of the cost of the agreement with unnamed staff member are included in National Gallery’s annual report
Divergence remains between accounts given by RTÉ and the Department of Media on when broadcaster’s policy on severance packages for departing executives changed
More than 13,000 court summonses issued over non-payment of TV licence last year
Two panels totalling six people will advise on corporate governance and culture of broadcaster in wake of scandal-hit year of 2023
The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme was the top recommendation of the culture recovery taskforce. Catherine Martin is encouraged by early results
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