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Applications for the 2026 - 2027 Cultural Bridge programme set to open in October 2025

22nd May, 2025

A group of young people performing a dance theatre piece called Ode to Earth, a collaborative Cultural Bridge project between DU Dance, Beyond Skin and VILLA Leipzig. The young people are wearing costumes and pouring water on the ground to symbolize wasting water.

General, Funding, Organisations, Partnerships

Funding applications open for new mental health and arts programme

21st May, 2025

image of three people standing in front of a window. They are smiling and talking.

Funding

Community groups and arts organisations encouraged to apply to the Arts Council NI’s New Small Grants Programme

21st May, 2025

Artists

Début author shines with double win at KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards

20th May, 2025

Kilkenny schoolboy celebrates ‘Reading Hero’ win with KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Book Awards winners in a group photo.

Artists

Obituary: Paul Durcan, poet (1944 - 2025)

20th May, 2025

General

Arts Council of Northern Ireland Chair Competition

16th May, 2025

Performer dressed in crown and colourful winged costume on carnival float in spectacular open air performance with pyrotechnics in background

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What's on in the Arts

9th May, 2025

Funding, Organisations

National Lottery Project Funding Available for Arts Groups

8th May, 2025

Two musicians performing and two people reading the festival programme.