New gallery to commemorate 20th Century Irish history
Updated / Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021
16:14
Political Coverage Editor
A new gallery commemorating Irish history during the 20th century is going to be established at the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks in Dublin.
Work is starting on the project this year and the new exhibition will be open in 2023 to coincide with the centenary of the foundation of the Irish Free State.
The new project aims to highlight the decade of centenaries from 2012-2023.
Minister for Culture Catherine Martin s department is contributing €2.2m to the initiative.
The centenaries programme for this year is also supported with a budget of €5m in current funding, which is an increase of €3m on last year s funding allocation.
Government urged to consider turf cutting as protected cultural practice
offalyexpress.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from offalyexpress.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Offaly TD calls on Government to consider turf cutting as protected cultural practice
offalyexpress.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from offalyexpress.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Campaign starts to declare a day on the bog a cultural human right
TD references the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in calling for turf cutting to be declared “protected cultural practice”
Reporter:
12 Apr 2021
);
A campaign has started to persuade the Green Party s Minister for Culture to have turf cutting protected under EU or international conventions as a cultural human right.
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said she has written to the Minister for Culture Catherine Martin in an effort to investigate if traditional turf cutting practices can be protected under EU or international conventions.
Deputy Nolan said that she would be making the move following increasing concerns that those who had engaged in turf cutting for home heat and cultural reasons were effectively being subjected to a process amounting to creeping criminalisation .
€25m live entertainment grant programme opens for applications
irishtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from irishtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.