Nine new members were yesterday elected to Aosdana, the body which honours artists engaged in literature, music and the visual arts who have made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland.
The new members are Michael Coady (writer/poet); Rosaleen Davey (painter); Stephen McKenna (painter); Janet Mullarkey (sculptor); Christopher Nolan (writer); Micheal O Conghaile (writer); Mary O'Malley (poet); Michael Quane (sculptor) and Ian Wilson (composer).
Aosdana now has 174 members.