Galway festivals to receive half a million euro in funding
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Over half a million euro in festival funding is to be allocated to Galway festivals.
The funds totalling 543,000 represent more than a quarter of the Arts Council's total spend, which is funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Galway Arts Festival gets 470 thousand euro, however this is a reduction of 20 thousand euro on last year.
Meanwhile, Clifden Arts Festival will receive 70 thousand euro, up 5 thousand on the 2012 amount.
3 thousand euro has been allocated to Ceol na Mara festival this year.