Top news: Irish PM blocks orchestra merger
mainThe culture-friendly Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has sent a strong signal to the RTE to forget plans about merging two orchestras.
‘I certainly would share your concerns about any diminution of the RTÉ orchestra or any other orchestras,’ he told a Labour TD.
Varadkar has pledged to double Ireland’s arts spending over seven years.
We might all have to move to Ireland after Brexit.
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