Arts Council was stopped three times from spending money on outside partners after botched IT project
Chair also declared conflict of interest over grant to publisher of husband’s work
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Pilot scheme that pays artists €325 ‘basic income’ a week gets six-month extension
Plan for research-based scheme to be introduced as part of Budget 2026
Arts Council wrote to officials almost 60 times over botched IT project without issue being escalated
Council told to stop spending money on legal cases aimed at recouping some of €6.75m lost on project, Oireachtas committee hears
‘Arts’ dropped as a name of a Government department amid reshuffle by Coalition
Tourism and Gaeltacht move to other portfolios from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Dún Laoghaire harbour set for €1m watersports campus
Master plan will set out comprehensive and long-term vision for a ‘living harbour’, says council
Ireland could face anti-tourism protests without regulation of AirBnB-style lets, officials warn
Difficulties with ‘over tourism’ in other EU countries cited in internal documents
Chambers refused to back open-ended RTÉ redundancy scheme, documents show
Department of Public Expenditure set out several conditions for voluntary exits at broadcaster
Catherine Martin’s arts department backed pay rise for RTÉ director general
Department told government-established review that pay in top-level posts at RTÉ and TG4 had fallen in real terms since 2016
Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concern
Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes
Streaming service levy would need ministerial sign-off under Cabinet-backed plan
Minister for Media says he does not support a levy on streaming services at the moment
Arts Council review to include role of auditors and accountability of board
Prof Niamh Brennan will lead the review, while a parallel review will be conducted of the Department of Arts and Culture itself
Who’s who in the controversy over Arts Council spending?
Extent of losses from failed IT project only disclosed last summer, statement from Catherine Martin suggests
Arts Council demands high standards of cultural organisations. It failed to meet them itself
A new IT framework will have seemed a good idea to many in the arts, but much went wrong in its implementation
Consultants in RTÉ governance reviews paid more than €900,000
Department of Media says overall cost of reviews following controversy was €1,146,315
Tensions unpicked between Coimisiún na Meán and Department of Media
Media regulator has grown rapidly but has argued internal corporate practices it inherited from its predecessor not fit for a larger organisation
New funding approved for students in Deis schools to attend Gaeltacht Irish colleges
Over 800 students expected to benefit from Deis Gaeltachta Scheme in summer of 2025
RTÉ funding: Government close to agreeing deal retaining TV licence fee and providing exchequer support
Finishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and Media
State has ‘legal obligation’ to deliver National Children’s Science Centre which could cost €70m
Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic
Boost for artists as local authorities to receive €6m in funding for workspaces
Minister for Arts Catherine Martin ‘acutely aware’ of pressures faced by creatives
Show-us-the-money time for Irish press amid plans for publicly funded news coverage
Coimisiún na Meán has opened up consultations on its local democracy and courts reporting schemes – it’s a landmark moment for news publishers
National Gallery spends over €200,000 on severance deal with staff member
Details of the cost of the agreement with unnamed staff member are included in National Gallery’s annual report
Former senior official not due to attend Oireachtas committee hearing on RTÉ chair’s resignation
Divergence remains between accounts given by RTÉ and the Department of Media on when broadcaster’s policy on severance packages for departing executives changed
No major increase in TV licence court summonses despite significant drop in numbers paying
More than 13,000 court summonses issued over non-payment of TV licence last year
RTÉ expert advisory committee members to earn up to €66,000 each for 110 days of work
Two panels totalling six people will advise on corporate governance and culture of broadcaster in wake of scandal-hit year of 2023
The Government is giving 2,000 artists €325 a week to help them be more creative. How’s it going so far?
The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme was the top recommendation of the culture recovery taskforce. Catherine Martin is encouraged by early results
Make TV licence fee reform ‘priority’, Screen Producers Ireland urges Government
Decision on public media funding must be agreed ‘without delay’, says chief executive Susan Kirby
Catherine Martin plans to designate 14 new sporting events ‘free to air’, including Six Nations rugby
Minister for Arts, Sports and Media also wants to make All Ireland football and hurling quarter and semi-finals free to air
RTÉ pay crisis: Forensic accountant to be selected this week
Forensic accountants are ‘the rottweilers’ of the accountancy profession and have wide powers to view documents and interview witnesses
Why are there different versions of Irish place names on some Dublin street signs?
It is not uncommon for signs at either end of a street to disagree about the name of that street
Imma discussing ‘intriguing’ proposal for west of Ireland ‘satellite gallery’
Irish Museum of Modern Art in talks with arts department over proposal to locate gallery in old garda barracks in Ballina, Co Mayo
Up to 10,000 tourism jobs displaced due to hotel bed shortages, Ministers told
Greatest impact felt in popular destinations where much capacity is taken up by State contracts to house refugees
Eviction ban: Two high-stakes Dáil votes imminent as Opposition seeks to maintain pressure after defeat
Support was buttressed by support from Independents after Government accommodated a range of demands
Plans approved for redevelopment of Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery
Cork City Council granted planning for the project on Wednesday, which will see the gallery modernised
Plans for 12-storey Abbey Theatre scaled back following planning meetings
Council chief Owen Keegan expressed concerns at design, which would have made Abbey one of Dublin’s tallest buildings
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