Repairs to the Crawford Gallery’s lecture room, which has been closed since March after the partial collapse of a roof light, are due to get under way soon after a €40,000 grant was sanctioned.

I’M one of the small constituency disgusted at the John McNulty affair because the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has insulted artists in using the IMMA as a spring-board to “better things” for a political protege.

INFORMATION on how arts organisations can protect children, deal with allegations against staff and accidents is featured in a book launched yesterday.