Irish Examiner view: Arts revival needs huge investment

Clarity is needed on supports for a sector more damaged than most

Supporters are back in Croke Park for sporting events but not for concerts. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The pandemic underlines how we, despite occasional assertions of individualism, expect government to be arbiters of behaviour. The pandemic has underlined how we expect governments to offer certainty where there may be none. 

That so many governments offer so many different defences exacerbates frustration and, all too often, stirs rejection of well-considered public health measures.