Creative Youth is one of five “pillars” of Creative Ireland, the overarching cultural strategy launched with some fanfare three years ago by John Concannon and now continuing in a somewhat more low-key fashion under Concannon’s successor, Tania Banotti. Access to culture for the young also features in No Child 2020, the initiative launched earlier this year by The Irish Times. Culture passA culture pass in Ireland would presumably face the same challenges. But whether such a crude instrument is the best way to provide greater access to cultural activity is questionable. The Creative Ireland initiative isn’t perfect.

Source: The Irish Times June 15, 2019 06:56 UTC