Arts Council chief warns ‘pandemic habits may lead to arts losing a generation’

Department of Culture and Media minister Catherine Martin (right) with (left to right) Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly and DJ Handsome Paddy (PA)

The director of the Arts Council has expressed concern that young people are not attending plays, art exhibitions and other cultural performances as often as before the pandemic.

Maureen Kennelly said that although attendance across all age groups was lower in 2022 when compared to 2019, the largest decline was among the younger age group.