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No
money for Irish Writers Centre
The
Irish Writers’ Centre has been denied funding for 2010 by the Arts
Council in a decision described by the Centre’s Board as myopic.
Until 2009, the IWC received an annual grant to enable it function as
an organisation providing a venue and a service to writers and the public,
but the grant was withheld last year on the basis of a value-for-money
assessment.
Dublin city has lodged an application to UNESCO for a special designation
as a City of Literature.
But the Arts Council has not seen fit to fund the premier Writing Centre
in the Capital city, said the IWC statement.
In response, the IWC Board said: “We will not fold up our tents
and go meekly away. We firmly believe that there is an absolute need for
the Irish Writers’ Centre at the heart of the literary landscape,
and that it should be funded. We will continue to seek funding and support
from every quarter.”
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