Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists points at how governments could help sectors in crisis
- Written by Andrew White, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King's College London
Musicians busking in Galway. Jon Chica/ShutterstockThe Irish government has announced that a pilot scheme providing artists and creatives with a weekly stipend of €325 (£283) will be made permanent. The scheme, which was first introduced in 2022, was launched in an attempt to mitigate the growing financial instability many in the...
