Updated / Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 09:38 We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences To coincide with the launch of its new five-year strategic plan, the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris has commissioned 40 artists to address the nations, with four evenings of speeches from contemporary voices from the Irish arts sector. Watch the first installment above. Artists taking part in the global online project include actors Siobhan McSweeney and John Connors, writer Jan Carson, performance artist Amanda Coogan, choreographers Dylan Quinn and Fearghus O'Conchuir, as well as conductor Eimear Noone.