The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council’s Literature Bursary Award (for writers working in English) is Thursday 31 January 2019 at 5.30pm. In advance of this deadline, the Arts Council will hold a further information clinic, hosted by Munster Literature Centre, to offer advice and information on the application process.

The Arts Council and Local Government will jointly host its second biennial conference, Places Matter on 28 March 2019 in the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway.

Tenders are being sought from suitably qualified service providers for a Per Cent for Art Adviser to provide advice on Per Cent for Art strategy, policy and development along with sectoral support for a period of three years with the possibility of the contract being extended for a further year.

The deadline for The Liam O’Flynn Award is Thursday 17 January, 2019 at 5.30pm. The window for making an application opens on Tuesday 11 December 2018.

The Liam O’Flynn Award is a joint initiative of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the National Concert Hall/An Ceoláras Náisiúnta as part of its partnership for the promotion, appreciation and enjoyment of traditional arts, which includes the Tradition Now festival of traditional music.

The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council's Bursary Awards is Thursday, 31 January 2019

The window for making an application opened on Tuesday, 18 December 2018.

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to announce the establishment of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Prize and the closing date for the upcoming Travel Award.

Applications are invited from mid-career writers in the English or Irish language and who work in any form for an exceptional award offered in memory of Aosdána Saoi Anthony Cronin. 

The Irish Writers Centre is delighted to present Nollaig na mBan at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin on Sunday 6 January at 7pm. Due to popular demand, this event is now moving to a new and bigger venue at EPIC.

The Irish Writers Centre is delighted to announce that writer Jan Carson is the recipient of the 2019 Jack Harte Bursary in association with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig.

Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) has issued an open call to artists of all arts disciplines to apply to be Artist in Residence at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) in 2019. 

2018 was a great year for us here in the Creative Europe Desk Ireland Culture Office.

Each year our work takes us across the width and breath of the country and 2018 was no different. In addition to Dublin we participated and organised events in Galway, Kilkenny, Cork, Waterford and Belfast.  We were involved in over 14 events either organised by ourselves or with others.