Government funding announced for cultural, creative and artistic projects across the island
The Government have announced €7.6 million funding for 11 cultural, creative and artistic projects, as part of the Creative Climate Action Fund.
The fund also supports two cross-border projects under the Shared Island strand of the programme. All supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment and the Department of the Taoiseach and EirGrid.
Each of the successful projects will receive a maximum of €750,000 over the period from 2026 to 2029.
A list of the successful applicants includes:
- €746,163 for The Mary Robinson Centre- Shared Island Project.
- €750,000 for Cork City Council’s Cultureways.
- €697,883 The School of Architecture, Building and the Environment at Technological University Dublin.
- €750,000 for Hometree’s Dinnseanchas: The Agency of Place.
- €750,000 fro Creative Futures Academy- Shared Island Project.
- €598,500 for ACT, Ballina, Co.Mayo.
- €749,672 for Dingle Hub’s West Kerry Food Futures.
- €750,000 for An Taisce’s A Bog Worth Keeping: From Turf to Custodianship.
- €538,907 Atlantic Technological University’s Inclusive Climate Futures for All: No One is Left Behind.
- €629,600 for Kildare County Council’s Not Going it Alone: Ar Scáth a Chéile.
- €707,740 for Ballyhoura Development’s SENSE.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: “Communities across the island of Ireland have already witnessed the impact of climate change. This partnership between the Shared Island Initiative and the Creative Climate Action Fund facilitates engagement on a cross-border basis to help respond to and tackle this essential shared challenge.
“I welcome the inclusion of these two significant projects, which will harness the power of culture and creativity to bring people together and help build a better, sustainable, shared future.”
Minister Patrick O’Donovan added: “The success of the Creative Climate Action Fund over the past six years is demonstrating the real value of the creative and cultural sectors in empowering people to come together and participate in climate action in an inclusive and accessible way. These 11 projects are ambitious in their approach to climate issues on the ground and will undoubtedly contribute to demonstrating the transformative power of creativity to move abstract issues into tangible action.”