Arts Matter NI is delighted and relieved by this week’s news that Carál Ní Chuilín, the Minister for the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, has been able to reinstate funds of £620,000 to the arts budget, part of the November Monitoring Round reallocation of funds. It was this most recent in-year funding cut that… Continue Reading
Niall McCaughan Chief Executive Officer of The Playhouse in Derry being interviewed on Breakfast Radio Foyle. Interview starts at around 35 minutes. Click on the image Continue Reading
by DeadBeatCreative. It’s 4am on Wednesday 4th November. Tuesday was a long day, varied, though pretty exhausting in the end. The morning saw an attempt to resolve some client work ahead of a meeting for their creative branding. That was indeed a failed attempt as for whatever reason, I simply couldn’t apply my skills. The… Continue Reading
by Adrian Rutherford. Belfast Telegraph. Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has faced fresh accusations of diverting money to “pet projects” over a £900,000 grant to an Irish language initiative. The award to the Liofa campaign was cited during a heated Stormont committee meeting which looked at funding cuts to the arts. DUP MLA William Humphrey… Continue Reading
By Adrian Rutherford. Belfast Telegraph. Some arts groups may not survive because of savage budget cuts, it has been warned. The Arts Council is facing an 8% in-year reduction – a shortfall of £870,000. The organisation had already seen its annual funding from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) for 2015/16 slashed by… Continue Reading
By Joanne Sweeney. Belfast Telegraph. Fionnuala Kennedy from MACHA Productions slammed Caral Ni Chuilin and retaliated with the same charge, accusing the Sinn Fein minister of turning her back on communities. In an open letter, which she published on social media yesterday, she angrily reacted to what she claims as the Department of Culture, Arts… Continue Reading
Belfast Telegraph. Culture Arts and Leisure Minister Caral Ni Chuilin has appeared before the Culture Committee. The Sinn Fein minister was questioned about cuts to her budget and on allegations surrounding the funding of the Feile an Phobail festival and other events. The minister was quizzed about how her department distributed a cultural fund which… Continue Reading
On Thursday 05 November 2015 the Committee received a briefing from Arts Council of Northern Ireland on the further in-year budget cuts to arts organisations. Also at this meeting the DCAL Minister and officials briefed the Committee on these budgets cuts and festivals funding. Continue Reading
by Ryan Smith. Belfast Live. Supporters of the arts were protesting against what they say are disproportionate cuts in the arts budget and a continued lack of investment in the sector. A protest opposing cuts to the arts sector in Northern Ireland has taken place at Stormont. Supporters of the arts today protested against what… Continue Reading
by Claire Simpson. The Irish News. HUNDREDS of protesters opposed to cuts to the arts held a rally at Stormont yesterday. Artists, writers and musicians were among those who gathered outside Parliament Buildings. The latest budget cuts slashed arts funding for this financial year by 20 per cent – a move which protestors said put… Continue Reading
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