Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister, Caral ni Chuilin, discussed funding cuts made to the Arts Council during today’s Question Time. The Minister described the cuts to the block grant from the British Government and the resultant financial strain on the Department. Fearghal McKinney MLA highlighted the protest against the cuts which took place outside Parliament… Continue Reading
Dear Minister Hundreds of people have answered the call in person to rally for the arts in Northern Ireland here today. Many thousands more have expressed their support through social media. We are alarmed and disturbed that an in-year cut has been made to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. This cut has been so… Continue Reading
Conor Shields. CAPtain’s Blog. Amid all the tumult and posturing and hand-wringing, the end is in sight. The Rugby World Cup Final is only a few weeks away. For sports fans, it must come as disappointment not to hear the chant of Come On You Boys In Green (COYBIG) gracing a semi-final or final. And… Continue Reading
Conor Shields. CAPtain’s Blog. As this sector reels from more news about cuts now and potentially in the future, together with colleagues and friends in #ArtsMatterNI we’re looking to get people onto the streets, well Prince of Wales Avenue up at Stormont at least, and register our insistence that government must invest in the arts… Continue Reading
Joe Lindsay. Belfast Live When something is right, it shouldn’t have to be shouted. It can even be whispered I enjoy a noisy gathering as much as the next person, in fact I enjoy noisy gatherings more than most people if I’m honest, but there are times when it pains me that noisy gatherings have… Continue Reading
Fionola Meredith. Belfast Telegraph. It happens every time there’s yet another cut to spending on the arts. The philistines start cheering. This week we learned that 32 of Northern Ireland’s leading arts organisations, already suffering badly, may have their funding reduced. Again. The Lyric theatre, the Mac, the Grand Opera House, the Ulster Orchestra and… Continue Reading
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The chair of the DCAL committee has demanded a complete review of how publicly funded grants are awarded to Feile an Phobail. The DUP’s Nelson McCausland claims that the West Belfast Festival is being funded by cuts to the Arts Council and that other organisations aren’t being given an opportunity to apply. Mr McCausland writes… Continue Reading
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