Benson Report, written 40 years ago, a ‘groundbreaking moment in Irish cultural policy’
President Michael D Higgins was among those who gathered on Thursday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Place of the Arts in Irish Education, a seminal report written by Prof Ciarán Benson.
The President said Prof Benson was influential as a policymaker, critic and curator. “His contribution to the creative dimension of Irish society has been a significant one, and there can be no doubt that his vision and his practice have made a deep and lasting impact on the cultural landscape of Ireland, for which we must all be grateful.”
“Seamus would have been amazed 40 years ago to realise we would be talking about this in a theatre named after him,” he said.
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