The ruins of Dunamase Castle tower over County Laois in Ireland. It's been centuries since anyone lived here, but an American tour group has come to imagine what life might have been like when their ...

Ireland plans to make a basic income for artists permanent in 2026. In a three-year-long pilot program, officials paid local artists $1,500 monthly. Recipients in the pilot said the basic income ...

LISTEN | Full interview with Irish artist Elinor O'Donovan: As It Happens8:01Artist says Ireland’s ‘transformative’ universal basic income program benefits her art and life Elinor O'Donovan says ...

Since last October, 2,000 artists and creative workers in Ireland have been receiving weekly checks of €325 ($350) as part of the culture ministry’s new basic income pilot program. Aiding creatives in ...

From the earliest African arrivals on Irish shores, Black people have played an important role in shaping Irish society. Although there aren’t very many Black people living in Ireland today, they ...

The Irish government has announced that a pilot scheme providing artists and creatives with a weekly stipend of €325 (£283) will be made permanent. The scheme, which was first introduced in 2022, was ...

Artists and culture workers in Ireland will soon be eligible for some much-needed financial support as the government readies a new basic income program. Ireland will commit roughly €25 million ($28.3 ...

In a three-year-long pilot program, officials paid local artists $1,500 monthly. Recipients in the pilot said the basic income payments improved their daily lives. As Ireland's $1,500-a-month basic ...

As Ireland's $1,500-a-month basic income pilot program for creatives nears its end in February, officials have to answer a simple question: Is it worth it? With four months to go, they say the answer ...