Minister of State Joe Costello has said that the Board of Limerick City of Culture should seek and get agreement locally in the city on a way forward, before appointing a new artistic director.
His comments come in the wake of the resignation of the City of Culture's Artistic Director, Karl Wallace, earlier this week.
Mr Costello also said that there should have been a public competition to appoint the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Culture project.
Patricia Ryan was appointed CEO without a public competition.
At a public meeting in Limerick last night, the Chairman of the City of Culture board, Pat Cox, said they would move to appoint a new artistic director in a week, and also invite members of the artistic community to join as Board members.
Several hundred people, including members of the city's artistic community, attended the meeting.
Many expressed their lack of confidence in Mr Cox, CEO Ms Ryan and the City of Culture board and called for their resignation.
Mr Cox and Ms Ryan insisted they will not be leaving their posts.
A board member of Limerick City of Culture admitted "serious lessons" needed to be learned following the controversy.
Speaking on RTÉ's Radio One this afternoon Tim O'Connor said he "absolutely" had confidence in Ms Ryan who was appointed without a public competition.
"A process was gone through, not a full one that would been ideal, but a number of people were interviewed and canvassed and Patricia Ryan emerged," he said.
"We were faced with a situation where time was slipping away. We still didn't have our funding in place and we needed to get down to the organisational pieces that had to be done."
He added: "She is a top class professional and a terrific person."
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