NINE arts organisations and groups across Limerick city and county are to share in a €3million funding round form the Arts Council.
The funding comes as part of an overall national €72.3million round going to almost 150 arts organisations, centres, local authorities, and creative initiatives nationwide.
The total going to Limerick groups this year is €3,069,760.
The nine groups receiving funding include the Irish Aerial Creation Centre (€200,000), Fresh Film (€125,000), Dance Limerick (€294,000), the Irish Chamber Orchestra (€1,305,000), eva International (€385,000), Limerick City Gallery of Art (€181,260), Limerick Printmakers (€84,500), the Lime Tree Belltable (€360,000), and Limerick City and County Council (€135,000).
According to the Arts Council, the national funding round represents more than half its annual investment, “benefitting organisations and partners that provide the local and national infrastructure for the arts. This framework enables individual artists to deliver on their creative vision for the benefit of audiences around the country.”
“In addition to support for organisations based in County Limerick, all counties also benefit from the national remit of organisations which are based elsewhere. Eg: Arts and Disability Ireland, Irish National Opera, Na Píobairí Uilleann Teoranta, Children Books Ireland and Dance Ireland.”
The Arts Council said that further funding announcements for 2025 will be made “in due course and additional funding will be allocated for disability access costs to promote more inclusive participation in the arts”.
Limerick TD and Minister for Culture, Communications, and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, said that “public investment through grant funding is essential to sustaining and developing the arts across every part of Ireland”.
“These awards support artists and organisations to realise ambitious creative work across all artforms, while ensuring that people of all ages and backgrounds have meaningful opportunities to engage with the arts in their everyday lives.”
Arts Council director Moling Ryan added that “through its 2026 budget, the Arts Council is prioritising support for arts organisations across Ireland, enabling them to sustain their work and plan confidently for the year ahead”.
“These funding decisions for 2026 will support artists, audiences and communities to come together through shared creative experiences and meaningful cultural activity.”