Funding Decisions 2025 — Public Purse

Spending records

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2025	Voluntary Arts Ireland	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Cork City Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Tipperary Regional Youth Service	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Tipperary County Council	Grant	€80,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Tallaght Community Arts	Creative Places Award — Participatory Arts — South Dublin County Council	Grant	€111,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Southside Partnership Dlr	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Roscommon County Council	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Roscommon County Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Northside Partnership	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Dublin City Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Cork County Council	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Cork County Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uibh Ráthaigh	Creative Places Award — Traditional Arts — Kerry County Council	Grant	€101,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Clare County Council	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Clare County Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Carlow County Council	Creative Places Award — Local, Place and Public Art — Carlow County Council	Grant	€80,000.00
31 Dec 2025	West Wicklow Festival	Commissions Award — Music — Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	Grant	€4,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Opera Collective Ireland	Commissions Award — Opera — Louth County Council	Grant	€45,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Northern Lights Project	Commissions Award — Music — Derry	Grant	€12,400.00
31 Dec 2025	National String Quartet Foundation	Commissions Award — Music — Dublin City Council	Grant	€7,800.00
31 Dec 2025	Morgan, Darragh	Commissions Award — Music — Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	Grant	€4,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Louth Contemporary Music Ltd	Commissions Award — Music — Louth County Council	Grant	€10,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Light Moves Festival Of Screendance	Commissions Award — Music — Limerick City and County Council	Grant	€15,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Hearne, Kate	Commissions Award — Music — International	Grant	€5,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Gryson, Fiona	Commissions Award — Music — Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	Grant	€12,750.00
31 Dec 2025	Glasshouse Music	Commissions Award — Music — Meath County Council	Grant	€11,550.00
31 Dec 2025	First Fortnight	Commissions Award — Festivals and Events — Dublin City Council	Grant	€10,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Finding A Voice	Commissions Award — Music — Fingal County Council	Grant	€6,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Dulciana Vocal Ensemble	Commissions Award — Music — Dublin City Council	Grant	€6,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Doulton, Mimi	Commissions Award — Music — Dublin City Council	Grant	€7,200.00
31 Dec 2025	Disrupt Disability Arts Festival	Commissions Award — Festivals and Events — Cork City Council	Grant	€10,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Dervan, Karen	Commissions Award — Music — Dublin City Council	Grant	€17,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Cuore	Commissions Award — Music — Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	Grant	€2,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Blood in the Alley Productions	Commissions Award — Festivals and Events — Kerry County Council	Grant	€10,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Berrill, Naomi	Commissions Award — Music — Cork City Council	Grant	€3,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Association Proxima Centauri	Commissions Award — Music — Tipperary County Council	Grant	€4,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Umbilical	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€1,885.00
31 Dec 2025	PhotoIreland Festival	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€10,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Photo Museum Ireland	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€17,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Irish National Opera	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€56,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Instant Dissidence	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Tipperary County Council	Grant	€2,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Dance Ireland	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€2,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Curated Place	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Waterford City and County Council	Grant	€33,615.00
31 Dec 2025	Border Crossings	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Sligo County Council	Grant	€18,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Askeaton Contemporary Arts CLG	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Limerick City and County Council	Grant	€17,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Aerowaves Europe	Co-funding Award — International Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€51,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Tus Ecec Programme	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Limerick City and County Council	Grant	€18,000.00
31 Dec 2025	School of Education, University College Cork	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Cork City Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	O’donoghue Centre For Drama, Theatre And Performance	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Galway City Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Marino Institute of Education	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Tipperary County Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Marino Institute of Education	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Leitrim County Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Dundalk Institute of Technology	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Cork City Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Dublin City University, President’s Office	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Fingal County Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Dublin City University, President’s Office	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Atlantic Technological University	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — Galway County Council	Grant	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Atlantic Technological University	Children and Young People’s Arts Residency — Children and Young People's Arts — South Dublin County Council	Grant	€20,000.00

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