On Tuesday 15 January, we presented our Review of Pay and Conditions in the Performing Arts in 2018 in Leinster House. On Wednesday 23 January we held a meeting in Project Arts Centre to present the full findings.
Here’s a round up of our media coverage:
‘I’m two months from homelessness’: the real lives of performers, Wednesday 23 January, Irish Times
The realities of life as an artist in Ireland by Shaun Dunne, RTE Culture, Sunday 20 January
The Irish Times view on artists’ incomes: culture on the cheap, Thursday 17 January, Irish Times
Morning Ireland, RTE Radio 1, Tuesday 15 January
Six One news, RTE 1, Tuesday 15 January
Arena with Sean Rocks, Radio 1, Tuesday 15 January
Oireachtas committee told some artists are living in poverty, Tuesday 15 January, RTE website
A performer’s life: ‘It’s like starting over and over and over on a zero-hour contract’, Tuesday 15 January, Irish Times
Well-known performers and actors earn ‘less than minimum wage’, Tuesday 15 January, Irish Times
Peter Power interview on WLRfm, Wednesday 23 January
Gerry Motherway ar @Adhmhaidin, Radio na Gaeltachta
Photo: Louis Lowe, Gary Keegan, Peter Daly, Anna Walsh, Liv O’Donoghue, Peter Power, Shaun Dunne, Irma McLoughlin, pictured on way into Leinster House on Tuesday 15 January.