President leads tributes to former Arts Council director Colm Ó Briain

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the former director of the Arts Council Colm Ó Briain, who has died.

Among his list of extensive achievements was a role as director of plays and head of training at the Abbey Theatre as well as his appointment as special advisor to Ireland’s first minister for the arts, Michael D Higgins. “I will miss him deeply as a colleague and a friend. To Muireann and his daughters Seóna and Aisling, Sabina and I send our deepest sympathies.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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