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We work to develop the arts in Ireland through funding schemes and focused supports across a number of artforms and arts practice areas.
Pianist Erland Cooper sits on stage at a black grand piano. He wears a flat cap and suit. Beside him on the piano bench and atop the piano sits DJ equipment and
Large pieces of factory machinery in sky blue stand in front of a screen showing a vibrant pink cityscape.

Erland Cooper performs at Tradition Now 2024. Photo: Joanne Taaffe

Dublin Port: ‘Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home’, TBG+S and Yuri Pattison. Photo: Ros Kavanagh.

‘The Glass Menagerie’, Gate Theatre Dublin. Photo: Ste Murray.

Aisling Ní Cheallaigh performing at Festival Iberoamericano de Circo (FIRCO). Photo: Gaby Merz.

Scene from the Gate's production of The Glass Menagerie. A man wearing a white tank top is throwing pages aggressively at a table with a lace tablecloth while his partner raises her arms in a calming motion

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