Wednesday 20 January, 2021
Man Who Didn’t Call by Rosie Walsh tops the list for e-books.
The NFL are doing their bit to contribute to social distancing.
Author Sam Blake explores how readers got hooked on crime stories – and why it’s no bad thing.
A new automated system is set to be introduced at Pembroke Library in Dublin.
An initial trial at Pembroke Library in Dublin 4 could be rolled out around Dublin City Council areas.
Children’s books dominate the top 20 list released today by the Local Government Management Agency.
Dublin City Council abolished library fines at the start of this year.
The ‘My Open Library’ service offers extended opening hours, seven days a week.
Now that they’ve scrapped fees, you can go back without fear of judgment.
The new measure kicked in yesterday.
The Memory Man’s collection includes books and magazines from as far back as the 1960s.
That amounts to just under half of the estimated cost for the Cultural Quarter.
It is expected the council will apply for planning permission later this year with plans to open the new library in 2022.
The government is considering proposals to scrap the late fines.
It’s part of a proposal to increase the number of people using libraries.
Current storage conditions put some collections at fire risk.
From his first find of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Jose Alberto Gutierrez has amassed thousands of books.
The former US president wants the library to “create an institution that will train the next generation of leadership”.
Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card!
Politicians say they have been assured the library will reopen, but no date has yet been set.
The borrower avoided a €1,200 fine.
The library is due to be built in Mary Robinson’s family home in Ballina.
Honesty is the best policy.
It is not an industry for the faint hearted.
What do you think about the idea?
The RIA wants to reunite them with the family involved.
One intern said he was told almost immediately that there was no chance of a job.
Will your county be affected?
From Baroque masterpieces to stark timber and glass structures — these incredible buildings are certain to distract you from whatever you’re reading.
Colm Keegan is the new writer-in-residence at DLR Lexicon library in Dun Laoghaire.
Students had refused to leave the library for three successive nights – and it worked.
The students’ union president has said that studying at home simply isn’t an option for some students.
Trinity has acquired the largest collection of Samuel Beckett letters ever for public sale.
Visitor numbers to the NLI are up 42% on last year.
Worries on the big screen.
The Lexicon is costing €36.6m to build.
Spoiler: Lots of the letters were about Finnegan’s Wake. And they weren’t all in English. Classic Joyce.
