ANNUAL 2025: BEHIND THE SCENES – COCK-UPS, CANCELLATIONS AND KNEECAP

While attempts to cancel author John Boyne failed, the Polari Prize was cancelled and so was Boyne’s award from the L&H Society in UCD. Maureen Kennelly (below) didn’t survive long as Arts Council boss after new culture minister Patrick O’Donovan took charge.

ANOTHER YEAR of flops and farce in the arts and entertainment world hurtles to a close with the a huge question mark over the State’s main funding body, the €140m per annum Arts Council. It found itself very much centre stage as the politicians (finally) took notice of a near €7m cock-up. With TDs and… Read more »

I'm a Subscriber