Alliance for Insurance Reform Meeting Update

35 representatives of the Alliance For Insurance Reform in a review and update meeting with our Campaign Co ordinator Peter Boland who took us through a very detailed presentation on a) What the Insurance Industry has done to policy holders since COVID, b) What our reform agenda had achieved at the fall of the Dail and c) What the Alliance has managed to secure…

New Report released by the Arts Council and an Advisory Group on the response the Arts Sector needs to survive.

The Arts Council has released a new report from an Advisory Group established to identify ways for the arts sector to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. Arts Council Chair, Prof. Kevin Rafter said: that "this additional funding will help the Arts Council protect jobs and livelihoods for individual artists and also assist key art organisations facing financial difficulty".The report –…

Maureen Kennelly and the Arts Council seek out an extra €30 million to ensure the arts sector survives

They believe that with this extra €30 million it will see the arts sector return to somewhat normal levels when it is ready. It will help go towards the maintenance of wage supports, a review of taxation practice, a capital funding scheme for arts buildings and fair remuneration for artists are among the recommendations. They have warned that without the…

€25m additional funding announced for arts sector

€25 million additional top up to Arts Sector annual allocation . Some better news for ALL the sector . Well done to National Campagin for Arts Tom Creed and leadership . €20 million will be added to the Arts' Councils €100 million budget while €5 million will help to secure the future of key cultural and museum spaces and the production of…

Small Grants Programme Ezine Link

Due to the link for the Small Grants Programme scheme by the Northern Irish Art's Council on the ezine not working, this is the new link: https://bit.ly/2A0qf5v. Apologies for any inconvience.