Martin Cullen has cut funding to two Writer's Centres.

[Pauli]

A society that allows Martin Cullen remain Minister for the Arts has no future.

Come to think of it,

A society that allows Martin Cullen has no future.

[Christine Murray]

A society that allows Martin Cullen remain Minister for the Arts has no future.

Come to think of it,

A society that allows Martin Cullen has no future.

He's most certainly not the sharpest tool in the box when it comes to understanding the
need for a comprehensive and intelligent Arts Policy, however I certainly blame
O Donoghue whose risible Arts Act 2003 increased Governmental Interference in the
Arts, thus allowing thickos like the Minister for Justice stick is knobbly oar into things
like Blasphemies:

Poetry Ireland | News

But thats what happens when arrogant and idiotic governments attempt to get full
spectrum dominance and do not confine themselves to actual governance.

These idiots are perpetuating the illusion that Ahern is a writer ffs :

http://poethead.wordpress.com/2009/1...december-2009/

[Pauli]

He's most certainly not the sharpest tool in the box when it comes to understanding the
need for a comprehensive and intelligent Arts Policy, however I certainly blame
O Donoghue whose risible Arts Act 2003 increased Governmental Interference in the
Arts, thus allowing thickos like the Minister for Justice stick is knobbly oar into things
like Blasphemies:

Poetry Ireland | News

But thats what happens when arrogant and idiotic governments attempt to get full
spectrum dominance and do not confine themselves to actual governance.

If they were involved in actual governance, you could forgive the occasional overreach. But the overwhelming body of evidence would suggest that governance is a concept with which they are totally unfamiliar.

[Christine Murray]

apparently so , sustained it appears by a tolerant media who buy the myth of propiety and actually advertise and promote the Ahern lunacy !!! l am sure we'd be a global laughing stock if Berlusconi did not exist.

[donalmc]

A society that allows Martin Cullen remain Minister for the Arts has no future.

Come to think of it,

A society that allows Martin Cullen has no future.

Who in their right mind would disagree with that!

[essexboy]

Please amend the title to Writers' Centres.

The writers would surely insist on the distinction between the possessive singular (apostrophe before the 's) and the possessive plural (apostrophe after the 's').

[greengoose2]

Who in their right mind would disagree with that!

The three buckos on my sig?

Mind you the gentleman is simply dumb. There are others who are also dangerous, guess who?

[Christine Murray]

just a quickie note on the DBF, support books/presses/information and irish writers/industry here >>>
Dublin Book Festival

[locke]

You do realise that The Committments was a work of fiction????



I think that depends on what you regard as the role of the funding. If it's just to put on performances, you may have a point, but if it's to give opportunities to performers, then you definitely need some form of regional distribution. As well as putting on productions in Cork and Limerick, Opera 2005 provided the only opportunity for young performers to get involved in those two cities.

They only had a 110K grant last year, but still put on well-regarded (nominated for an Irish Times award) productions. Not a bad return on investment.

So it turns out the opera policy that was put in place back then was a complete mess.

Irish National Opera Company closes down - The Irish Times - Sat, May 28, 2011

The country has lost two of its three opera companies between government funding cuts to one and meddling with the other and now the new super-duper one has collapsed