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New pilot scheme offering artists €325 per week 'heralds a new era' - Culture Minister

A new and pioneering pilot scheme to support artists and creative arts workers in Ireland has officially been launched. The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme will examine the impact of a basic income for artists over a three year period, with ...

05 Apr 2022 at 15:43

Local News

In pictures: Official opening of ceramic trail at Buncrana's Swan Park

The official opening of the ceramic trail in Buncrana's Swan Park recently took place Artists Aileen Barr and Matthew Porter and members of the public created a circular seat detailing the lifecycle of the salmon and a ceramic tile trail ...

30 May 2024 at 17:37

Home

‘It is like murder to knock an old house down rather than restore it’

Sinéad Smyth’s grandfather was a stonemason in her native Carndonagh. “He instilled a love of stone as a building material in me as a child,” she says, speaking inside the 200-year-old stone cottage on the grounds of their home at ...

20 Aug 2022 at 19:58

National News

'Once in a generation' - Online consultation on basic income scheme for artists opens

Consultation on a basic income pilot scheme for artists has been launched online today. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, called the scheme a "once-in-a-generation policy ...

06 Jan 2022 at 16:33

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

What's On

Artists invited to submit work for Glebe Gallery Easter Art Competition

The Glebe Gallery Open Art Competition is opening for submissions. Artists wishing to submit work should bring their work to the Glebe Gallery, Church Hill, Letterkenny, F92 WP70, on the weekends of March 18 and 19, and ...

17 Mar 2023 at 13:16

Arts & Entertainment

Clonmany artist Mary Crowley found peace in painting after illness

Just outside Clonmany in Inishowen, where the hills of Urris meet the wild Atlantic, artist Mary Crowley has found her peace. A warm, fun-loving woman with a heart as vibrant as her paintings, she has embraced ...

08 Mar 2025 at 16:50

Local News

Clonmany artist Mary Crowley found peace in painting after illness

08 Mar 2025 at 07:35

Arts & Entertainment

Competition to find Ireland's next top makeup artist launches nationwide

A search to find Ireland's next top makeup artist has been launched nationwide. The woman behind Makeup Academy, Sharleen Collins, has launched the competition with the support of Brendan McDowell, ...

02 Apr 2024 at 16:16

Arts & Entertainment

Scottish artist who 'fell in love' with Ireland travels the country in art studio on wheels

A Scottish artist who planned to visit Ireland for three weeks “fell in love” with the country so much she decided to stay and has been living in a van-turned-“art studio on wheels” touring its ...

26 Sept 2023 at 15:52

National News

Artists sought by Irish hospice group to create works supporting HSE care staff

The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) is seeking artists to develop new creative work to support the health and wellbeing of HSE care staff. The commissions offer comes following a two-year ...

05 Apr 2022 at 12:09

Weekly income of 325 euros for artists will ‘set Ireland apart’ – minister

National News

Weekly income of 325 euros for 2,000 artists will ‘set Ireland apart’ – minister

A scheme offering artists a set weekly income for a three-year period will “set Ireland apart” from other countries in how it values creativity, a minister has said. In 2022, a pilot ...

10 Feb 2026 at 15:45

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