'No Irish need apply - there's too many outsiders in top arts jobs' - Robert Ballagh
Artist Ballagh says he's not racist in defence of home-grown talent
Artist Robert Ballagh lamented how many non-Irish people were directing our top arts institutions. Photo: Julien Behal/PA
Artist Robert Ballagh has stood by his claims that "outsiders" are heading up Irish cultural institutions while Irish "need not apply" - but insists he is not 'xenophobic'.
Dublin artist and political activist Ballagh wrote a letter criticising the fact that Scottish, English and Welsh people are holding the highest ranking positions in cultural institutions here.
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