Cut to Irish organisations funding

pog it

Does anyone know the full score on this?
http://www.gaelport.com/nuacht?NewsItemID=11021

Funding (at least how it is distributed now):

níl aon nod tugtha ag Foras na Gaeilge an mbeidh aon tseirbhís eile le teacht ina n-áit, nó an mbeidh aon scéim mhaoinithe eile á chur ar fáil ionas go mbeidh deis ag na seirbhísí leanúint ar aghaidh faoi mhúnla maoinithe eile.

will cease from the end of June for the websites, beo.ie, saol.ie, and gaelport.com.
Also funding for Nós magazine, Feasta and an tUltach, is to be cut also.

Does anyone have any other information on what is going on behind the scenes here?

Meanwhile, as I also read elsewhere, Gael Linn has secured funding under new set-up. I'm sure other organisations have been chosen also.

Has any Irish media outlet secured funding? Comhar, perhaps? Anyone else? Is this new set up to provoke better standards or to encourage more merging between the groups?

Grudaire

I hope Nós doesn't go back into hibernation - an dara uair a ghlac mé síntiús leo agus a tharlaíonn a leithéid

Níor chuala mé faic faoi seo - ach má tá aon nuacht eile faoi beidh an suim agam.

GaelMise

pog it wrote: »

Does anyone know the full score on this?
http://www.gaelport.com/nuacht?NewsItemID=11021

Funding (at least how it is distributed now):
will cease from the end of June for the websites, beo.ie, saol.ie, and gaelport.com.
Also funding for Nós magazine, Feasta and an tUltach, is to be cut also.

Does anyone have any other information on what is going on behind the scenes here?

Meanwhile, as I also read elsewhere, Gael Linn has secured funding under new set-up. I'm sure other organisations have been chosen also.

Has any Irish media outlet secured funding? Comhar, perhaps? Anyone else? Is this new set up to provoke better standards or to encourage more merging between the groups?

Quite a big shake up of the funding system under foras going on.
Gael Linn and five other organisations will continue to be corefunded (Out of 19 up till now) others include Conradh and Oireachtas na Gaeilge.

As for media, Comhar will still be funded as far as I know, and they have a new online newspaper in the pipeline. Other than that its all up in the air.

pog it

GaelMise wrote: »

Quite a big shake up of the funding system under foras going on.
Gael Linn and five other organisations will continue to be corefunded (Out of 19 up till now) others include Conradh and Oireachtas na Gaeilge.

As for media, Comhar will still be funded as far as I know, and they have a new online newspaper in the pipeline. Other than that its all up in the air.

That is brilliant news about Comhar. Do you know if they plan to continue with the magazine in print along with the new online venture? Also will the website be arts based like the magazine?

pog it

Grudaire wrote: »

I hope Nós doesn't go back into hibernation - an dara uair a ghlac mé síntiús leo agus a tharlaíonn a leithéid

Níor chuala mé faic faoi seo - ach má tá aon nuacht eile faoi beidh an suim agam.

I've never actually seen Nós! What do they cover?

Grudaire

pog it wrote: »

I've never actually seen Nós! What do they cover?

It's a bit of everything really - generally sections on style, ceol, teicneolaíocht

A few random articles. Very well presented and readable. Definitely worth a look to see if you'd like it.

pog it

Ábhar dóchais!

Grudaire

Tá sé deas feiceáil go bhfuil gaelgeoirí sásta seasamh ar shon a cearta i bealach dearfach.

Ach tá díomá orm go bhfuil gá orthu rudaí mar seo a rá - Níl RTÉ ag déanamh a jab i gceart..

GaelMise

pog it wrote: »

That is brilliant news about Comhar. Do you know if they plan to continue with the magazine in print along with the new online venture? Also will the website be arts based like the magazine?

I don't and its a good posibility that Foras dosent even know yet.