Irish singer Steve Garrigan of the band Kodaline performs live in 2022. CREDIT: Gina Wetzler/Redferns The Irish government has started to pay 2,000 artists a weekly income of €325 (£280).
It’s in response to suggestions by a taskforce set up by Catherine Martin – the Irish Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media – on how the arts could recover from the “unprecedented damage” caused by the COVID pandemic.
Musicians, visual artists, writers, dancers, actors and those working in film are among the anonymous recipients who have been chosen at random from a pool of more than 9,000 people. […]
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