Artist Gearóid O’Dea in his studio in Rathmines, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times “It’s made a huge difference,” says Gearóid O’Dea, one of the 2,000 artists receiving €325 a week from the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) pilot scheme launched by the Department for Tourism, Arts and Culture last year.
“It’s kind of hard to explain where it exactly goes every month but it kind of takes some of the panic out of those moments when something breaks or goes wrong. That ‘Jesus Christ, what am I going to do?’ moment isn’t as bad now because I […]
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