Revised reopening plans for the hospitality and live entertainment sectors have been announced through updated guidelines, which take effect from Friday, 22 October.

The Live Music Support Scheme (LMSS) funding has been extended to the end of October to take account of the restrictions that currently remain in place for the live events sector. The extension is one of the measures announced today by Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht Sport and Media.

Plans for a Basic Income Guarantee pilot scheme for artists have been confirmed as part of the government's recovery plan, in tandem with the Government's launch of its National Economic Recovery Plan. The package includes tens of millions of euro in ongoing support. 

A new Artist-in-Residence scheme us being run to create new works to encourage public engagement with the Decade of Centenaries and institutions.

The deadline for receipt of applications under the new round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) has been extended to 5pm on Monday 1 March to assist any clubs who may be encountering difficulties finalising their applications due to Covid-related restrictions.

By David Swanson
In the past 150 years, U.S. presidents have lied, cheated, stolen, warmongered, incited hatred and violence, driven inequality and corruption through the roof, taken over major powers from the Congress and abused them, gained the power of nuclear war and abused it through numerous threats, accelerated the destruction of the earth's environment, failed to protect the basic rights of people, pardoned their cronies for outrageous crimes, committed thousands of specific, open, public, and indisputable impeachable offenses, and been impeached for only two things.