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Towns Welcoming Creativity
Partnered with UCD’s Centre for Irish Towns as part of their rish Towns Talking Towns Series, (December 2025), CPOI is exploring ways that everyday creativity happens in our towns. As explained by the Centre, in Ireland, Irish towns are home to a third of the population. They face significant challenges—including vacancy, underinvestment, and fragmented data…
The true meaning of cultural policy exchange
On Monday 10 November, the newly relaunched CPOI hosted the publication launch of the new edited collection Cultural Policy – Perspectives on the island of Ireland at TU Dublin, Grangegorman. More than 60 people assembled from the cultural sector, academia and policy bodies. They joined in celebrating the publication and heard from a range of…
New look, new book
2025 marks the tenth year of Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland and what better way to celebrate than a new identity and membership refresh for the network and a new book to announce. On 10 November, an array of scholars, policymakers, artists and cultural organisations will gather at the TUD GrangeGorman campus in the Black Box…
