Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

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

Thu Jul 18 2024 - 15:11

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

Thu Jun 13 2024 - 18:53

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

Wed Jun 12 2024 - 16:24

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

Tue Apr 09 2024 - 06:05

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

Fri Mar 15 2024 - 17:00

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

Mon Feb 26 2024 - 19:41

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

Mon Jan 29 2024 - 12:45

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

Tue Jan 23 2024 - 15:10

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

Sat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00

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

Wed Jan 17 2024 - 17:03

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

Tue Jan 16 2024 - 14:33

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

Mon Jul 10 2023 - 08:41

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

Sat May 27 2023 - 05:00

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

Sun May 14 2023 - 17:03

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

Tue May 09 2023 - 05:00

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

Thu Mar 23 2023 - 05:00

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

Wed Mar 15 2023 - 21:36

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

Mon Mar 13 2023 - 05:00

Failte Ireland calls for change to approach on refugee accommodation

National tourism development authority says key tourism destinations like Donegal have lost over 50% of their accommodation

Mon Feb 20 2023 - 18:24

Leprechaun hats or vampire festivals: The mixed message of Ireland abroad

Promotion of Irish artists hampered by tensions between cultural diplomacy and opaque State patronage

Sat Dec 17 2022 - 12:00

Abbey Theatre: The directors, the disclosures, the drama, the money

Documents shed new light on controversial payments made to the Abbey’s former co-directors

Sat Nov 05 2022 - 08:00

How a trawl of Government departments’ property portfolios for housing fell far short of expectations

Each department replied following a review of vacant properties under their remit

Fri Aug 05 2022 - 05:00

‘Time to get tough’ with online platforms like Airbnb on short let housing, says Sinn Féin

Planning minister Peter Burke says regulatory control to become operational by early 2023

Tue May 24 2022 - 20:49

Taoiseach and Tánaiste to address Michael Collins commemoration in Cork

Ceremony at Béal na Bláth will mark 100th anniversary of revolutionary leader

Sun May 15 2022 - 10:30

‘A welcome step’: Ireland’s first basic income scheme on the way

Artists will get €250 a week in pilot scheme but many want to see it extended to all

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 05:04

Minding Creative Minds a sincere initiative to support the talented

Founder Dave Reid believes there should be mental health support for this sector like any other

Wed Feb 23 2022 - 06:01

Largest sports capital grant in history of State to be announced today

Package worth €150 million will benefit 1,900 clubs and schools

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 01:00

Government is ‘positively disposed’ towards a Euro 2028 bid

Ministers want clearer understanding of costs and benefits before backing joint bid

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 19:20

Seeing Ireland: Staging a cultural coup in Paris 100 years ago

A showcase of Irish art and design brought a fleeting moment of unity before the Civil War

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 05:00

TCD ‘needs to do work’ to make Science Gallery sustainable, Taoiseach says

Two Government departments offered funding for facility amid closure threat, Dáil hears

Tue Jan 25 2022 - 21:30

Séamus Woulfe had ‘hazy’ knowledge of Covid-19 guidelines before Golfgate event

Trial of four men over alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations continues

Fri Jan 07 2022 - 10:59

How the Church of Ireland Gazette viewed the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Publication was upbeat and optimistic, galvanising support for new political realities

Tue Dec 14 2021 - 01:00

Live performance sector to get extra €25 million in Covid-19 supports

Christy Moore and The Coronas among acts forced to reschedule due to restrictions

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 00:03

Gig of the Week: Treaty – Songs, with Christy Moore, Lisa O’Neill and more

December 6th to 12th, 2021: The best of the week’s culture events, right around Ireland

Mon Dec 06 2021 - 06:00