This August, Philadelphia Folk Festival has, for the first time ever, dedicated a full day of its programme to performances by Irish musicians. Scheduled to run for 12 hours on Saturday 15 August, a stage of the 59th Philadelphia Folk Festival will host 18 of Ireland’s finest music acts with the support of Culture Ireland.

A webinar designed to explore the value of the Arts and Creativity in promoting Mental Health & Wellbeing among older people, Tuesday 21st July 2020

The Creative Ireland Programme in association with Healthy Ireland and the HSE Mental Health & Wellbeing Programme have announced a Creative Conversation webinar which will explore how creative activity impacts on the mental wellbeing of older people.

Saturday 13^th June 2020 marks Cruinniú na nÓg 2020, Ireland's national day of free creative activities for children and young people under the age of 18, and today (9 June 2020) Josepha Madigan T.D., Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, encouraged young people all over Ireland to get online, get involved and get creative for Cruinniú.

Social and domestic life in most of the developed and sheltered countries of our world has been torn apart by the covid-19 disease and the lock down measures taken by governments.