The event will be held at the Southbank Centre in London this summer.

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme, which is hoped to be available from September, will operate in three-year cycles.

Organisers said this year's theme aims to celebrate "where we come from, what grounds us, and how we continue to grow together".

Malcolm Byrne told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that he wanted Mr Bakhurst to remain at RTÉ to continue the work and changes he had started.

A failed IT project, unused X-ray equipment, and millions unspent on capital projects were the focus of a new report.

POET Charlene Egan is about to launch a book of freshly-penned poems and musings called Plucking Petals and will donate all the profits from its sale to a great cause.

A PARED-BACK performance telling the story of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton found a deeply personal home in St Mary’s Church last month, in the very place where his parents were married.

THE haunting tale of Ireland’s last wild wolf, shot on the slopes of Mount Leinster in 1786, has been brought to life in a beautifully illustrated new book that gives voice to the vanished predator.

A grandnephew of one of the 1916 Rising leaders says a near-fatal swimming pool accident changed the course of his life.

Anna Jansson (21) has been given the Milton Violin for use during her tenure.

The grants have been delivered through the Arts Council’s National Lottery Project Funding.

The Taoiseach listed projects and initiatives to connect both sides of the border during the annual Seamus Share Home Place lecture.

Live events dominate consumer expenditure, generating €786 million annually.

The Spotlight On Theatre And Dance From Northern Ireland initiative will be held on August 19th

A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast will bring together experts on the poet.

Costumes worn by stars including Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Owen Wilson will also go on display

Since the scandal emerged, Minister for the Arts Patrick O’Donovan has said is among issues that have caused “huge embarrassment” to his department in recent times

Muine Bheag Arts Radio is an experimental broadcasting platform that has been set up by local organisation Muine Bheag Arts

Float is produced by Crybaby Productions and written by emerging playwrights Orla Graham and Kirby Thompson.

Many of the participants who would have taken part in the parade wore their costumes to an open-mic night instead

It emerged that the Arts Council had spent €6.6675 million on a failed IT project.

‘I do want to recognise the really good work the Arts Council does do,’ Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said.

The Arts Minister said there are a range of ‘fundamental questions’ about governance and culture within the Arts Council.

Mr Longley died at the age of 85 after winning world-wide renown for his writing.

Three Irish authors have been nominated this year including Calm With Horses writer Colin Barrett.

Corina’s work is vastly inspired by nature and the beauty of Ireland, her dreams and surroundings

Her book Orbital, about astronauts looking down at Earth, was named as the winner of the £50,000 prize.

Champagne Supernova was written by Gallagher and has been turned into a soundscape.

Gary Lightbody was speaking after a meeting in Belfast to discuss underinvestment in the arts.

Scotland’s former first minister was interviewing author Paul Lynch.

Michael plays the role of a hungry peasant

Carlow Rambling House will entertain a delegation of students from China with an afternoon packed with Irish culture

The one-woman show reflects an eventful life and is on at the Dunamaise

The initiative aims to shine a light on theatre and dance works created by artists and arts organisations from Northern Ireland.

The exhibition took place in the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco which was also hosting their annual summer camp for children

The brand-new podcast promises to lift the lid on the fabulous world of influencers

The show will be set to an orchestral version of the classic album.

John Boyne’s work explores a friendship between the son of an SS officer and a prisoner boy at Auschwitz.

John Le Carre, Dame Diana Rigg, Dame Barbara Windsor and Monty Python troupe member Terry Jones are also mentioned in the new edition.

The Belfast venue will host Caravaggio’s The Supper at Emmaus and The Taking of Christ next month.

The Dublin-born author took home the book of the year prize and £30,000 for his fourth novel The Bee Sting.

Several Irish artists withdrew from a Texas arts festival citing its ties with the US Army and weapons manufacturers

The Co Down novelist will be based at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast for two years.