'It's Like Starving a child... They're Going to Die' - DUP Arts Minister Gordon Lyons Rejects 'Odd' Analogy by Creatives' Union Chief

Protesters tell Gordon Lyons arts sector ‘not being heard’ at Stormont

Actress and playwright Roisin Gallagher has spoken of ‘frustration’ in the arts sector as she joined demonstrators outside Stormont.

'It's like starving a child... they're going to die' - DUP arts minister Gordon Lyons rejects 'odd' analogy by creatives' union chief

Stormont’s arts and culture minister has defended the funding his department has given to the arts sector in Northern Ireland as local “creatives” demanded his resignation.

Arts funding: Artists 'let down and left behind'

Members of a performing arts trade union have signed a letter of no confidence in the communities minister.

NI artists ‘let down and left behind’ as funding reaches ‘crisis point’ #shorts

Representatives from the arts sector said they feel “let down and left behind”, warning that arts funding has “reached a[...]