artscouncil-ni.org The Arts Council of Northern Ireland welcomes the Minister’s announcement that she has successfully secured additional funding resources for the arts in the November monitoring round. The Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure has been able to confirm that £620,000 will be allocated to the Arts Council to reinstate grants to the 32 organisations… Continue Reading
allianceparty.org Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has welcomed the reinstatement of funding for a number of arts organisations after the Culture Minister restored money to the Arts Council. Ms Lo was speaking after Carál Nί Chuilίn announced the passing of an Assembly budget meant £620,000 would be given to the organisation, which will subsequently… Continue Reading
News Letter. The announcement of a £620,000 funding package to boost 32 arts organisations has been welcomed by the Arts Council – with a further £320,000 going to Sport NI. Many local arts bodies and projects have been severely affected by budget cuts over the last financial year. The new funding has been provided by… Continue Reading
By Robbie Meredith. BBC News. Recent funding cuts to 32 of Northern Ireland’s biggest arts organisations have been reversed after the Stormont executive’s November budget. The groups had been told they would lose 7% of their planned funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. But after this month’s budget, the Department of Culture, Arts… Continue Reading
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 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
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