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The Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s inequitable distribution of funding across the country is scandalous and indefensible - the quango should be shut down, writes Ciarán ó Maoláin.

Tom Collins’s critique of Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) chair John Edmund (October 16 ) makes passing reference to the staff of the council, many of whom have given years of sterling effort to supporting the arts in this region.
It must be frustrating for them to see their dedication and expertise undermined by the man at the top, whose own board has twice voted no confidence in him,
and whose public utterances have run directly contrary to the statutory purposes of the ACNI in supporting, encouraging and fund... Keep reading on The Irish Times