by Catherine Martin | Dec 18, 2020 | Media
I have a particular grá for traditional and folk music. My children play the harp, the mandolin, and the button accordion, and during my student days I used to busk on Grafton Street. I really appreciate the value, love and importance of our traditional music. In...
by Catherine Martin | Dec 16, 2020 | Media
I was delighted to announce that a number of test performances with live audiences will take place over the coming days and weeks. Our theatres and performance venues were some of the first to close their doors earlier this year so I urgently wanted to give them the...
by Catherine Martin | Dec 11, 2020 | Mental Health
Gerald Peregrine is a musician who got in touch with our national programme, Creative Ireland, about his great idea. When live music came to stand still earlier this year, Gerald put on a solo recital on a sunny day in his garden and the idea of playing to nursing...
by Catherine Martin | Nov 26, 2019 | Mental Health, Oireachtas
Last week the My World Survey 2 was released, the largest ever study into the mental health of Ireland’s youth. Conducted by the UCD School of Psychology and mental health charity Jigsaw, the survey contained the shocking result that the number of adolescents aged 12...
by Catherine Martin | Jul 12, 2019 | Media, Oireachtas
TheJournal.ie … In a written Dáil reply to Green Party TD Catherine Martin TD, Minister Flanagan also stated that in 2018, 152 children also were granted humanitarian right to remain here. Over the past five years, a total of 1,487 children have been granted...
by Catherine Martin | Jun 12, 2019 | Green Party, Media, Oireachtas
Green News … This is not the first instance of the Government blocking climate legislation according to the Green Party’s Catherine Martin, who said that the party’s own Waste Reduction Bill was blocked last year in a similar fashion. Referencing the boost in...
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