Dunamaise Arts Centre secures share of €130 million Arts Council investment
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The Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise has secured €125,000 in funding from the Arts Council s €130 million investment across Ireland in 2021.
With its exchequer grant increased to €130 million, the government agency for funding and developing the arts said that while the sector was suffering disproportionately in the health crisis, hundreds of artists and practitioners were planning and already making great art for the public to experience in the months ahead.
Due to COVID-19, Arts Centres throughout the country have suffered financially over the past year.
Welcoming the news, Minister of State Sean Fleming T.D said: