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Donegal people invited to apply for arts bursary offering financial and developmental support

Donegal County Council is among 31 Local Authority Arts Offices (LLAOs) participating in PLATFORM 31, a nationwide artist development scheme run in collaboration with the Arts Council of Ireland. PLATFORM 31 is a national opportunity for artists to ...

05 Nov 2020 at 12:30

Letterkenny/Milford MD

Patients at Letterkenny University Hospital to be given books for Culture Night

The Arts Council are to gift books to patients at Letterkenny University Hospital in celebration of Culture Night on Friday. The second year of the Read Mór book gifting project has begun. This time, patients in Letterkenny have the opportunity to ...

21 Sept 2023 at 18:17

Local News

Minister McConalogue welcomes almost €650k in funding for Donegal arts centres

There has been a welcome for funding for Donegal arts' centres. Welcoming almost €650k in funding for four Donegal arts centres, Minister Charlie McConalogue said: "This is positive news for the arts in Donegal. These organisations provide a ...

04 Mar 2021 at 16:04

Local News

Croithlí Distillery to host Earagail Arts Festival launch

Earagail Arts Festival will officially launch this year’s programme of events at Croithlí Distillery on Saturday, June 15 at 5pm. The official launch will be performed by Pearse Doherty TD and the public is invited to join the celebrations ...

11 Jun 2024 at 17:36

Local News

Five Donegal schools join Creative Schools Initiative

The Arts Council announced that offers have been made to 141 schools and centres across Ireland who applied to be part of the Creative Schools Initiative. Five schools in Donegal were invited to join the initiative, including Gartan ...

12 Dec 2023 at 14:31

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 ...

31 Mar 2025 at 16:46

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 ...

01 Feb 2025 at 02:45

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

Local News

Donegal woman leads revolution in the teaching of traditional music

A revolutionary new system to support traditional music teachers has been launched by Buncrana fiddler, academic and traditional music teacher Dr Liz Doherty. I Teach Trad combines a specialised system with a customised set ...

14 Sept 2020 at 20:00

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

National News

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

Local News

Donegal gets €642,120 in arts funding

Two Donegal venues, An Grianán Theatre and the Regional Cultural Centre, both in Letterkeny along with the Earagail Arts Festival and the Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí organisation which promotes Donegal fiddle playing and ...

01 Mar 2021 at 17:45

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