Buy Irish campaign needed to help out struggling artists, committee hears

A slogan at the Academy venue in Dublin captures the mood of the arts sector (Brian Lawless/PA)

The public has been urged to engage in a Buy Irish campaign to support the arts sector.

With the live performance sector one of the most severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the Oireachtas committee on arts has heard a proposal to mimic the Guaranteed Irish campaign of the 70s and 80s.