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Five ways culture can save us - http://bit.ly/1dSTG4Great to see the Irish times continuing to cover the role of arts & culture in the recovery. via SimplyTweet
http://bit.ly/dxjJ0 >> This is exactly the sort of message that the arts in Ireland should be giving: simple statistics detailing exactly the extent to which the arts is contributing to the Irish economy.
"The irony is that while Ireland is a world leader in arts production, when it comes to private arts sponsorship we are Somalia." http://bit.ly/VNQKbLetter in today's Irish Times in response to yesterday's article (http://bit.ly/UBX4B) from Stuart McLaughlan. via SimplyTweet
RT @mannixflynn: john o donoghue did more for the Arts than most, he saved the Abbey and enhanced artists funding and standing, now hes being demonised, why? via SimplyTweet
RT @topgold: Late Night in the ePub http://bit.ly/111u0k Ironic to read that Sony is the hope of keeping the ePub format going given their DRM history with music. Bernie, as ever, makes a lot of sense, particularly in relation to using ereaders for textbooks. As a parent of a child starting secondary school, making ePub versions of text books available would be an infinitily better idea than the recently axed government school book scheme. I would imagine that the €7 million (or whatever the figure is) would go...