LISTEN | Full interview with Irish artist Elinor O'Donovan: As It Happens 8:01 Artist says Ireland’s ‘transformative’ universal basic income program benefits her art and life

Elinor O'Donovan says Ireland’s basic income program for artists completely changed her life and her work for the better.

The Dublin-based multidisciplinary artist was a participant in Ireland’s three-year pilot program that saw 2,000 artists and creative arts workers receive a weekly stipend of €325 ($528.90 Cdn) between 2022 and 2025.

“It's pretty huge,” O’Donovan told guest host Saroja Coelho. “It's been transformative for my work, and for my well-being in general.”

Now, Ireland has decided to make the program permanent , saying its benefits to society have far outweighed the costs to the governme

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