Ireland plans to make a basic income for artists permanent in 2026. In a three-year-long pilot program, officials paid local artists $1,500 monthly. Recipients in the pilot said the basic income ...

Should a country financially support its artists? That’s the question that Ireland sought to answer with a pilot program that ran between 2022 and 2025, during which the government provided 2,000 ...

As Ireland's $1,500-a-month basic income pilot program for creatives nears its end in February, officials have to answer a simple question: Is it worth it? With four months to go, they say the answer ...