Josepha Madigan, T.D., Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has acknowledged today’s statement by the Board of Galway 2020 on the difficult decisions it has had to make to scale back the operations and cultural programme for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, resulting from the impact of the ongoing restrictions to address the COVID-19 crisis.
Statement by Josepha Madigan, T.D., Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on Galway 2020
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht,
07 April 2020, Ireland
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