Top news: Irish PM blocks orchestra merger

Top news: Irish PM blocks orchestra merger

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norman lebrecht

November 23, 2017

The 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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