Culture Ireland has awarded €1.2m for Irish artists and arts organisations to support the presentation of Irish arts globally in 2016.

Culture Ireland's international culture programme entitled I Am Ireland, part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, was announced on Saturday 3 October by Minister of State Aodhán Ó Ríordáin with an event at Dublin's Smock Alley Theatre.

Six Culture Ireland supported productions will feature at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. 

Culture Ireland's international delegates gathering, held to facilitate meetings between Irish artists at the Edinburgh Festivals and international venue and festival bookers was opened today by Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Minister Heather Humphreys.