‘Shine Your Light’ on Easter Ssturday
Madigan and Donohoe launch measures to support Ireland’s artistic and cultural life during COVID-19 Emergency
‘Shine Your Light’ on Easter Sunday. A range of specific measures to support the artistic and cultural life of the nation at this difficult time – with a particular focus on wellbeing through personal and community creativity – was announced today.
The shut-down of cultural activity across the country is having serious consequences for artists and producers, and for a whole range of organisations that depend upon cultural activity. At the same time, we are witnessing a spontaneous outpouring of creative activity by individuals and communities.
The government, Creative Ireland, the Arts Council, RTE, the local authorities and many other organisations are putting programmes and supports in place to encourage creativity as a source of individual and community wellbeing.
A national initiative to ‘Shine Your Light’, created by RTÉ, was also announced for Easter Saturday, where the country is being invited to shine a light for all the people who are sick, for those who have lost their lives and their loved ones, for our frontline staff, our healthcare workers, the people who are keeping us going through these dark times. A light will be shone on public buildings and on our Embassies, and Peacekeeping posts all around the world and shared with the public across all of the RTÉ platforms. Everyone, especially children, are invited to get involved and to create their own way of shining a light from their homes.
