A Dublin author who was mistakenly told she would be getting a €25,000 Arts Council grant is calling for a personalised apology.
Poetry and non-fiction writer Trudie Gorman from Dublin was one of the 141 applicants who received a letter from the Arts Council yesterday saying they got the Next Generation Artists award, worth €25,000. But before it had settled in, they heard back from the Council that there had been a mistake.
The 30-year-old described the moment when she received the first letter, saying she felt “elated” and "relieved" that her financial struggles were ending - and the follow-up message left her feeling "devastated". She told Dublin Live: “Obviously, human error is a thing, but it’s a pretty massive mistake [the Arts Council] have made.
