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Four schools in Kilkenny to join Arts Council Creative Schools initiative

The Arts Council announced today that offers have been made to 186 schools and centres across Ireland who applied to be part of the Creative Schools initiative. The very high level of applications to be part of this 2-year process reflects the ...

03 Oct 2022 at 17:00

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Kilkenny Arts to receive over €1 Million from Arts Council in 2018

People in Kilkenny will experience the arts in new and exciting ways in 2018, the Arts Council said today. Outlining its plan to invest €68.4 million nationwide over the course of the year, the agency for developing the arts said the focus of ...

14 Mar 2018 at 14:52

Northern Ireland

DUP minister ‘more than happy’ to attend Fleadh in Belfast

DUP Minister Gordon Lyons has said he would be “more than happy” to accept an invitation to attend the all-Ireland Fleadh when it comes to Belfast next year. The Communities Minister said he believed the event should represent all musical ...

31 Mar 2025 at 16:46

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L̶e̶s̶s̶ Stress M̶o̶r̶e̶ Success at Kilkenny Arts Office Gallery

The first exhibition of the Kilkenny County Council Arts Office’s ‘Emerging Curator in Residence Programme 2020’ has now opened at the Arts Office Gallery on Dean Street in Kilkenny, and will be in situ until October 24. The ‘L̶e̶s̶s̶ ...

16 Sept 2020 at 16:55

Northern Ireland

Funeral of Belfast poet Michael Longley to take place

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley will take place later. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on January 22. His funeral is to take place in All Souls Church in Belfast followed by a private committal at ...

01 Feb 2025 at 02:45

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Kilkenny to benefit as Arts Council invests in high-quality events

People in Kilkenny will experience a wide range of high-quality arts events in the months ahead, the Arts Council said today, with funding for a number of local organisations and artists through two grants programmes. Music in ...

30 Sept 2019 at 18:07

Northern Ireland

Work of artists in Belfast collective goes on display in Dublin

A new exhibition in Dublin will feature an eclectic range of work from members of a Belfast-based community arts collective. The Now That’s What I Call Vault exhibition at The Mart Gallery in Rathmines, Dublin, will show the ...

19 Feb 2023 at 12:02

Northern Ireland

Poet Michael Longley touched souls with just a few words, funeral hears

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at Saturday’s ...

01 Feb 2025 at 15:42

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Millions spent on Arts Council failed IT scheme ‘absolutely alarming’ – Tanaiste

The millions of euro spent by the Arts Council on an abandoned IT project has been described by Tanaiste Simon Harris as “absolutely alarming”. It emerged that the Arts Council had spent 6.6675 million euro on a failed ...

13 Feb 2025 at 14:52

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Arts Council apologises after mistakenly awarding over €3 MILLION in grants

The Arts Council of Ireland has apologised after mistakenly awarding a €25,000 grant to over 140 people. The embarrassing error was made yesterday (June 28), when letters were issued to 141 applicants informing them ...

29 Jun 2023 at 15:43

Arts & Entertainment

Creative Schools programme now open for applications

The Arts Council have this week announced that applications have opened for schools to apply for the Creative Schools 2022/2023 programme. Designed to provide opportunities for children and young people to build ...

07 Apr 2022 at 12:34

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Arts Council put under governance review after wasting millions on IT project

All activities of the Arts Council are to be subjected to an external review after it accrued millions of euros in losses in pursuit of an unsuccessful IT project. Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan announced the ...

12 Feb 2025 at 13:58

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