Opinion

Ireland’s basic income for artists changed my life. Other people deserve the same luck

A pilot scheme offering some artists €300-plus a month for three years is being made permanent. But should something so fundamental be run like a lottery, asks writer Caelainn Hogan ...
Hyperallergic

Ireland Makes Basic Income Program for Artists Permanent

“Basic Income for Artists is a landmark commitment to invest in Ireland’s arts industries, stabilising the precarious working conditions faced by artists,” the NCFA committee said. According to the ...
The Irish Times

Basic Income for the Arts is now permanent. But for artists who apply, the money is not

Ireland garnered international headlines this month when Minister for Arts Patrick O’Donovan announced that the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) trial established by his predecessor Catherine Martin ...