Arts funding squeezed again - Hard choices

Last Monday evening, Cork City councillors met to vote on the city’s 2017 budget. 

They faced a €1.6m gap between income and expenditure, so hard decisions had to be made.

Those old reliables — commercial rates — were increased by 1.25%. Some parking fees were increased too. Support for two of the events that allow Cork describe itself as a city of festivals was also, unfortunately, cut.