Arts Council meeting branded a 'box-ticking exercise'

 The meeting took place with Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly after 141 artists, the majority of approximately 160 applicants for the Next Generation Award, were incorrectly told they had won. File Picture: Tristan Hutchinson

A meeting held by the Arts Council of Ireland with over 140 artists who were incorrectly told they had won a “life-changing” award has been labelled as a “box ticking” exercise.

Hopes of compensation for the “shocking” error were also dashed during the two-hour online meeting.