Names mentioned as possible successors to Siún Ní Raghallaigh as RTÉ chairman or woman
Accomplished names in media, independent television sector and academic world linked with vacant role
Kevin Rafter
Kevin Rafter leaves the Arts Council with a stonking budget. By that crude measure he’s its most successful chairman
Hugh Linehan: It took a crisis to create an opportunity. The resulting ‘fiscal gimmickry’ appears to be the Irish way of getting things done
The Irish Times view on funding for the arts: ongoing support needed
The arts sector is waiting to see if funding support through the pandemic will be built on
Four in 10 artists have seen income fall by over 50% in last year, committee hears
Oireachtas committee hears that GDP in the arts sector has been reduced by 54%
A live performance beats livestreaming every time
The continual threat of lockdown makes planning very difficult for the arts
Tributes paid after the death of composer Eric Sweeney
Arts Council chairman Kevin Rafter says Sweeney and his music would be ‘sorely missed’
The Dublin-born journalist who became a foreign correspondent in Imperial Russia
EJ Dillon counted Tolstoy and Dostoevsky among his personal aquaintances
Arts ‘need €30m survival fund’ as sector set to shrink by 35% and knock €250m off GDP
Expert advisory group urges Government to act immediately to avoid slow, four-year recovery
Government to source alternative protective equipment, says Donohoe
Arts Council to release €1m to support artists suffering due to ongoing Covid-19 crisis
Arts Council deviated from protocol over office move, whistleblower claims
Protected disclosure says agency breached financial guidelines on property acquisition
The Irish Times view on culture funding: the place of the artist
How is the Government honouring its commitment to spend more on the arts?
Why Leo Varadkar fails the rule of 72 maths test
Three years after vowing to double Arts spending by 2024, the Government is already a year behind
Mixed reaction to Budget 2020 from the arts sector
Arts Council pleased but artists’ body devastated by the increase in funding
The arts board: a way to give something back that pays biscuits
Cultural institutions need board members, and it can be rewarding (just not financially)
Campaigning for better conditions for artists in Sellotaped shoes
The issue of artists’ livelihood dominated a 250-strong gathering at Dublin Castle
The Sunday papers: From investigative brilliance to scurrilous gossip
Mapping the history of that most Irish of newspaper genres – the Sunday paper
Former New York Times editor appointed as adjunct professor at DCU
Jill Abramson will serve two-year term at university’s school of communications
Authority to examine radio ban on ‘Irish Times’ journalists
Decision by Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp in response to O’Toole column under spotlight
Former RTÉ and UTV Ireland executive Mary Curtis appointed to BAI
Kevin Rafter, Eileen Maher and Clodagh O’Donnell to join BAI committees
New media dynamic does not serve young journalists or their readers
There is no substitute for experience, and many are simply not being given a fair opportunity to acquire it
Journalists are getting younger but loss of experience brings problems
Irish journalists report a very strong commitment to codes of professional ethics and high levels of education
Cantillon: RTÉ’s Noel Curran keeps balance in gender debate
Desire for gender equality is useless without ‘pretty bloody-minded’ implementation
John O’Brien: New policing authority lacks independence and scope
Coalition should have continued present system if it did not want to cede control
Radio sector wants TV licence replaced with broadcasting charge
Independent Broadcasters of Ireland urges Government to spread licence money
Reforms to make it easier to remove civil servants
Three-year plan for Civil Service includes new performance management system
Government to decide against appointing Civil Service chief
Expert group’s recommendation for performance management to be accepted
Civil service must ‘not tolerate’ underperformance, secretary general says
Underperfomers should be dismissed, service needs to be more responsive, Watt says
Creighton says shortcomings of EU do not warrant ‘visceral criticism’
Independent TD says negativity and cynicism propagated by some politicians must be challenged
New rules for Government advisers in proposals on Civil Service reform
Proposals include establishing new external board to hold senior civil servants to account
The Tiger years: how well did Irish media hold financial elites to account?
Several studies have criticised media outlets for their reporting of the boom years. But financial journalism could be said to have had a good recession
Real reform begins with abolition of this House
Opinion: The No campaign has failed to address the core problem, that for 75 years the Seanad has been a costly failure
Lucinda Creighton despairs at the desire for fewer politicians
TD accuses Yes campaign of using misleading and superficial claims to support Seanad abolition
LRC chief defends move to chair an anti-Seanad group
Kieran Mulvey says his involvement will not compromise his professional duties
Group launches campaign in favour of Seanad abolition
One House chaired by chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission
News production in Ireland and elsewhere is facing a crisis due to changes in industry
Opinion: A forum with a clearly defined agenda would be one way forward
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