The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, announced that she has approved the payment of an additional €1.9m to the Arts Council. This funding is in addition to previously additional allocations of €25 million to the Arts Council which was designed to help alleviate the effects on the arts of COVID-19.
Minister Martin announces payment of additional €1.9m to the Arts Council
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,
22 December 2020, Ireland
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