Now the word “Arts” is back, keeping company with Culture and the Gaeltacht, together with newcomers Media, Tourism and Sport. So the monster new department is now called Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht. So have arts and culture been demoted again? So why the impossible mouthful of the new department, with Arts and Culture sandwiched in the middle of the now-sprawling portfolio? Equally, today’s culture is in an ever-flowing process of becoming tomorrow’s heritage, just as heritage remains part of our living arts and culture.

Source: The Irish Times July 04, 2020 03:56 UTC