Funding Decisions 2025 — Public Purse

Spending records

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2025	Common Ground	Arts Grant Funding — Arts Participation — Dublin City Council	Grant	€120,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Comhar Teoranta	Arts Grant Funding — Literature (Irish language) — Dublin City Council	Grant	€41,064.00
31 Dec 2025	Cloughjordan Circus Club	Arts Grant Funding — Children and Young People's Arts — North Tipperary County Council	Grant	€145,945.00
31 Dec 2025	Clonmel Junction Festival	Arts Grant Funding — Festivals and Events — Tipperary County Council	Grant	€155,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Clifden Community Arts Week	Arts Grant Funding — Festivals and Events — Galway County Council	Grant	€135,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Clifden Arts Society	Arts Grant Funding — Music — Galway County Council	Grant	€12,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Cleary, Cathal	Arts Grant Funding — Theatre — Galway City Council	Grant	€185,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Circus Factory	Arts Grant Funding — Circus — Cork City Council	Grant	€74,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Cill Rialaig Project Ltd	Arts Grant Funding — Artists support — Kerry County Council	Grant	€78,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Ceol Connected	Arts Grant Funding — Traditional Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€92,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Centre For Creative Practices	Arts Grant Funding — Arts Participation — Dublin City Council	Grant	€70,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Carrick, Eoghan	Arts Grant Funding — Theatre — Dublin City Council	Grant	€171,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Callan Workhouse Union	Arts Grant Funding — Arts Participation — Kilkenny County Council	Grant	€111,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Cackle Mgmt	Arts Grant Funding — Festivals and Events — Dublin City Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Burke, Aoife	Arts Grant Funding — Music — Cork County Council	Grant	€11,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Bullaun Press	Arts Grant Funding — Literature (English language) — Sligo County Council	Grant	€22,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Brú Theatre	Arts Grant Funding — Theatre — Galway City Council	Grant	€110,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Broken Talkers	Arts Grant Funding — Theatre — Fingal County Council	Grant	€261,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Bray Jazz Festival	Arts Grant Funding — Music — Wicklow County Council	Grant	€73,320.00
31 Dec 2025	Branar Dramaiochta Teo	Arts Grant Funding — Children and Young People's Arts — Galway City Council	Grant	€260,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Birr Theatre & Arts Centre	Arts Grant Funding — Arts Centres — Offaly County Council	Grant	€40,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Barnstorm Theatre Company Ltd	Arts Grant Funding — Children and Young People's Arts — Kilkenny County Council	Grant	€171,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Banshee	Arts Grant Funding — Literature (English language) — Cork County Council	Grant	€75,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Baltimore Fiddle Fair	Arts Grant Funding — Traditional Arts — Cork County Council	Grant	€85,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Balor Arts Centre	Arts Grant Funding — Arts Centres — Donegal County Council	Grant	€40,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Backwater Artists Group	Arts Grant Funding — Visual Arts — Cork City Council	Grant	€55,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Attic Projects	Arts Grant Funding — Dance — Cork County Council	Grant	€170,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Athlone Arts And Tourism Ltd	Arts Grant Funding — Visual Arts — Westmeath County Council	Grant	€65,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Asylum Productions	Arts Grant Funding — Arts Participation — Kilkenny County Council	Grant	€70,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Askeaton Contemporary Arts CLG	Arts Grant Funding — Visual Arts — Limerick County Council	Grant	€70,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Artlink Ltd	Arts Grant Funding — Visual Arts — Donegal County Council	Grant	€132,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Architecture at the Edge	Arts Grant Funding — Architecture — Galway County Council	Grant	€100,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Architectural Association of Ireland	Arts Grant Funding — Architecture — Dublin City Council	Grant	€8,850.00
31 Dec 2025	ANU Productions	Arts Grant Funding — Theatre — Dublin City Council	Grant	€166,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Aemi	Arts Grant Funding — Film — Dublin City Council	Grant	€113,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Achill Heinrich Boll Association	Arts Grant Funding — Artists support — Mayo County Council	Grant	€28,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Abridged	Arts Grant Funding — Literature (English language) — Derry	Grant	€18,000.00
31 Dec 2025	A4 SOUNDS	Arts Grant Funding — Visual Arts — Dublin City Council	Grant	€160,000.00
31 Dec 2025	126 Artist-Run Gallery	Arts Grant Funding — Visual Arts — Galway City Council	Grant	€35,500.00
31 Dec 2025	Wexford Arts Centre	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Wexford County Council	Grant	€220,000.00
31 Dec 2025	West Cork Arts Centre	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Cork County Council	Grant	€300,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Watergate Theatre	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Kilkenny County Council	Grant	€135,000.00
31 Dec 2025	VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & the George Bernard Shaw Theatre	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Carlow County Council	Grant	€255,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Triskel Arts Centre	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Cork City Council	Grant	€253,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Town Hall Theatre	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Galway City Council	Grant	€215,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Theatre Royal Waterford	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Waterford City and County Council	Grant	€120,000.00
31 Dec 2025	The Performing Arts Forum (previously known as Theatre Forum)	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Dublin City Council	Grant	€290,000.00
31 Dec 2025	The Model	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Sligo County Council	Grant	€345,000.00
31 Dec 2025	The Lime Tree Belltable	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Limerick City Council	Grant	€360,000.00
31 Dec 2025	The Dock	Arts Centre Funding — Arts Centres — Leitrim County Council	Grant	€156,000.00

^* Payment date may be the end of the reporting quarter when the entity does not publish an exact date.

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