The Arts Council funding allocations for 2015 have stability as their main focus. In this years allocations, just announced, most organisations have received similar amounts to 2014 from the council, which is the Government agency for funding and promoting the arts in Ireland.
When the budget was announced last October the Arts Council was relieved that for the first time in six years it did not suffer a cut to its funding. It has adopted a similar approach when allocating the 56.7 million at its disposal.

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