A total of 280 new songs were registered with the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO); 226 music industry professionals were also supported, with 58 engineers and 56 producers engaged across 60 studios. I could fill pages with other Irish musicians doing the same. What we need to do is get funding directly to musicians again, efficiently and at scale. Were the Government to inject more funding into Irish music: “They don’t have to invent any new wheels; the structures to get the money out to those artists exist. This is not a targeted support run through local authorities to support independent Irish hospitality businesses, but a blunt tool.

Source: The Irish Times December 01, 2025 18:10 UTC