Don,
Long term - CCE is the recipient of largest grant money for Traditional music - have a look at the millions that were awarded to them last year for capital projects.
Nobody objects to them getting as much money as they need, but not at the expense of other activities. I think you will find that O'Murchu's report is aimed at getting it at the cost of other organisations - if you haven't, please read it, and will happily send you the full article from Phoenix.
The report was followed up by loud and long protests by O'Murch at the Arts Council Initiative 2005-2008; Mrs Labhras is a board member. If you haven't read CCEs protests against the Initiative - again, please do - much of them appeared in the pages of Treor.
Of course CCE should get a slice of the cake; but they appear to want the whole bakery!
The report was shelved because of the protests at O'Murchú's failure to include activities other than CCE's.
If the Irish economy does take a swan-dive and money for the arts is cut, the survival of all other projects will depend totally on the co-operation of all interested bodies. Comhaltas is notorious for refusing to work with anybody who won't allow them to call the tune. Given the influence that O'Murchú has politically, this does not auger well for Traditional music.
Cap'n
You're beginning to sound like a nodding dog (if a nodding dog can sound) - have you no ideas of your own?
Jim Carroll