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Over €248,000 invested in Longford Arts by the Arts Council for 2018

People in Longford will experience the arts in new and exciting ways during 2018, the Arts Council has said after it announced over €248,000 in funding for Longford Arts projects. Outlining its plan to invest €68.4 million nationwide over the course ...

14 Mar 2018 at 23:13

Local News

New books for dozens of children in Longford as Arts Council says Culture Night is for all

Children in a Deis school in Longford will receive a gift package of new books by leading Irish authors as part of an Arts Council initiative to ensure that as many people as possible can experience Culture Night (Friday, September 18). Also read: ...

17 Sept 2020 at 00:42

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Council invites Longford schools to take part in new creative initiative

The Arts Council has invited Longford schools to take part in their Creative Schools initiative, opening up the programme to another 150 schools, bringing the total number to 300. Also read: St. Patrick's Day parades cancelled across Ireland due ...

09 Mar 2020 at 17:01

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Longford's Backstage Theatre and Shawbrook Dance Trust to receive €298,000 Arts Council funding

The Arts Council has allocated €298,000 in Arts Centres and Strategic Funding to county Longford as part of a €130 million investment nationally. Backstage Theatre, Longford and Shawbrook LD Dance Trust are to receive €237,000 and €61,000, ...

05 Mar 2021 at 17:39

Local News

National bursary scheme open to artists from Longford

Designed to support and offer career development for 31 mid-career artists (one artist in each of the 31 local authorities around Ireland), there are two elements of support for participating artists in the scheme: financial and ...

16 Nov 2020 at 10:00

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 people to build their artistic ...

09 Apr 2022 at 22:56

Longfordleader

Longford's Connolly Barracks set for amazing Lights Festival

An amazing Lights Festival is taking place in Longford’s Connolly Barracks on the weekend of February 24-26. Following on from the success of last year’s arts event - The Light Brigade, Artistic Director, Tom Meskell in ...

31 Jan 2023 at 07:03

Longfordleader

Longford arts venues face challenge of balancing books

Encouraging the development of arts while meeting the basic demands of paying utility bills is the 2023 challenge faced by Longford's premier arts venue Backstage Theatre. This week details of the annual Arts Council ...

22 Jan 2023 at 09:00

What's On

Ruth Fitzmaurice and Leanne O’Sullivan to star at Longford's Backstage Theatre tonight

Authors Ruth Fitzmaurice and Leanne O'Sullivan will talk about their work with Celeste Augé in the intimate surroundings of The Canal Studio at Longford’s Backstage Theatre this week. Ruth Fitzmaurice’s husband ...

28 Jun 2018 at 11:00

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

12 Feb 2025 at 13:58

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