Minister Martin approves funding of over €165,000 for Co-operation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2024
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From: Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
- Published on: 21 August 2024
- Last updated on: 12 April 2025
Minister Martin approves funding of over €165,000 for Co-operation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2024
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has today announced a series of grants under the Co-operation with Northern Ireland Scheme operated by her Department. Minister Martin has approved allocations amounting to €167,752 to support cultural projects with significant cross-border elements.
Small self-contained projects funded under the scheme seek to enhance, celebrate or commemorate the artistic, cultural, musical, film or heritage of the Island of Ireland on a North/South basis.
Applications were invited for projects that helped to promote:
• Co-operation and joint initiatives between organisations and institutions on a North/South basis;
• Cultural tourism on a North/South basis;
• The provision of cultural outreach programmes on a North/South basis.
Fourteen projects were successful and will receive funding up to a maximum of €15,000. These projects range from festivals, dance performances and video projects and will involve bodies on both sides of the border co-operating in a cultural context. Projects include the Northern Lights Project, which will celebrate the adventurous and engaging new music currently being created in Ireland; and Myshall Muintir Na Tire which focuses on making new community connections along the Columban Way Pilgrim Trail as it follows in the footsteps of Saint Columbanus from his birthplace near Myshall Co. Carlow to Bangor Co. Down.
Speaking today Minister Martin said:
“The Co-operation with Northern Ireland Scheme supports valuable projects with cultural elements on both sides of the border. It allows an exchange of ideas and brings communities together for a shared purpose. The scheme encourages individuals and groups to bond over a common interests while creating new talents and friendships along the way.
“Sharing our culture can have many benefits including building relationships & establishing trust, this in turn, can decrease fear and isolation and promote a sense of unity among communities.
It is my pleasure today to announce funding of €167,752 towards these important and varied contributions to the Arts, that celebrate cross border cultures and spread this wonderful wealth of talent across the whole island of Ireland. ”
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