Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Arts Council Northern Ireland boss awarded £12,000 in age discrimination case
Arts Council of Northern Ireland chief executive Roisin McDonough has been awarded a £12,000 payout in an age discrimination case against the funding body. McDonough,...
Five Northern Irish arts organisations under threat after losing Arts Council funding
Five arts organisations, including the Belfast-based theatre companies Bruiser and Terra Nova Productions, are under threat after losing their annual funding in newly announced...
Northern Irish Arts Council chief executive sues for age discrimination
The chief executive of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland has begun legal proceedings against the body's chairman and its parent organisation, the Department...
Northern Irish arts hit by 'terrifying' funding cuts
Arts organisations in Northern Ireland have been left reeling by new funding cuts that will see almost half of the province's regularly-funded companies hit...
Belfast's MAC receives emergency funding to prevent closure
The threat of closure to Belfast's Metropolitan Arts Centre has eased following the announcement of emergency funding of £275,000 from the Department for Communities. Northern...
Funding crisis at Belfast Metropolitan Arts Centre poses threat of closure
Belfast's Metropolitan Arts Centre needs emergency funding of £300,000 to avoid the prospect of closing at the end of the financial year. Since opening in...
Northern Irish Arts Council faces closure threat
The future of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland could be under threat if a review of arm's-length bodies by the region's Department for...
Northern Ireland Arts Council forced to raid Lottery funds amid political deadlock
Northern Ireland's arts organisations have entered their second decade of successive annual funding cuts with the announcement of further reductions of up to 4%...
Belfast Lyric announces first participants in playwriting development scheme
Belfast's Lyric Theatre has announced the first four writers to participate in its inaugural New Playwrights Programme. Seamus Collins, Erica Murray, Vittoria Cafolla and Andy Doherty...