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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

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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

Big February programme announced for Ballybofey's Balor Arts Centre

Following the welcome recent lifting of restrictions, the Balor Arts Centre in Ballybofey is looking forward to opening its doors again with a packed February programme of entertainment. Says Balor manager Conor Malone: “It’s been a long and ...

28 Jan 2022 at 20:02

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 ...

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 ...

11 Jun 2024 at 17:36

Arts & Entertainment

Students take on ‘Everyday Blues’ in new exhibition

A group of sixth-year students has curated an exhibition featuring artworks from the Arts Council collection to go on display in Letterkenny. Fifteen students from across County Donegal were recently invited to participate in ...

28 Sept 2022 at 16:42

Local News

Donegal poet announced as Read Mór Ambassador

West Donegal poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin has been announced as the ambassador for Read Mór. The Arts Council has announced that it is partnering with the Irish Prison Service this year to deliver its third annual Culture ...

10 Sept 2024 at 09:13

National News

Arts Council chief warns ‘pandemic habits may lead to arts losing a generation’

The director of the Arts Council has expressed concern that young people are not attending plays, art exhibitions and other cultural performances as often as before the pandemic. Maureen Kennelly said that although ...

23 Jul 2023 at 11:00

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 ...

13 Feb 2025 at 14:52

National News

Arts Council put under governance review after wasting millions on IT project

All activities of the Arts Council are to be subjected to an external review after it accrued millions of euros in losses in pursuit of an unsuccessful IT project. Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan announced the ...

12 Feb 2025 at 13:58

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, ...

19 Feb 2023 at 12:02

Arts & Entertainment

Creative Schools programme now open for applications

The Arts Council have this week announced that applications have opened for schools to apply for the Creative Schools 2022/2023 programme. Designed to provide opportunities for children and young ...

07 Apr 2022 at 12:34

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