Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Feargal Cavanagh:
AISM supports the idea of a sports capital grant. There are so many societies and school halls which could take advantage of somewhere better if it were available. I can think of Ballinrobe, which has a successful society in the west. It would have audiences of 500 and 600 at some of its shows. That runs for a week and it does fantastic shows. It is only now after about 30 years that Ballinrobe is finally at the stage where it will get its own theatre back up and running again but it has taken this long to get there and they are having to do an awful lot to bring it that distance. I support the idea of a sports capital grant.
As for audiences, in our experience-----
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