Person: Aosdana

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

opinion

Establish an honours system - Time to end begrudgery

There have been many occasions — and very many fine lives — when the absence of a credible, national honours system seems to have left a void in Irish life.

From elderly artists to lone parents, everyone deserves a basic livelihood

general

Knowing the value of home ahead of Lismore Immrama Festival of Travel Writing

general

Frank McGuinness and his first play The Factory Girls is set for Cork

It’s time to close the book on archaic and elitist Aosdána

news

Artists’ group defends €2.7m funding

A nation in crisis: where are writers and artists?

IN her letter (February 12), Gretta Hurley suggests that in some measure we are all to blame for the mess the country is in on several fronts.

Sat, 21 Feb, 2009

Flawed case against accepting honours

TOM COOPER (Letters, June 9) showed a common prejudice when he claimed acceptance of a British title by any Irishman amounted to a direct attack on Irish sovereignty by the British nation.

Mon, 30 Jun, 2008

Playwright compares Aosdana honour to last rites

Eminent playwright Brian Friel joked as he received the Aosdana’s highest honour today that it was like being read the last rites.

Wed, 22 Feb, 2006

Separated mother gets €1,000 for discrimination over grant

A LOCAL authority discriminated against a separated mother by asking her to swear an affidavit about her income for a college grant application for her son.

Sat, 21 Aug, 2004

The Irish box

MICHEÁL Ó’Nualláin’s letter on Aosdána (Irish Examiner, Dec 28) poses the question - what’s the difference between an academic and a non-academic? Any closed club – and Aosdána seems to be just that – is elitist and has nothing to offer the ordinary citizen. Isn’t it time now that we came out of our boxes?

Wed, 15 Jan, 2003