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Operating hours of almost 50 libraries nationwide to extend thanks to €3m funding

Almost 50 library branches nationwide are set to benefit from over €3 million funding for self-service facilities. The funding will bolster the 'My Open Library' service, allowing library members to utilise services via extended opening hours ...

26 Jul 2022 at 13:24

National News

Bag of books to be provided to all 4 and 5 year olds starting school in 2022

A new initiative to provide books to all four and five year olds starting school has been announced. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth today (Wednesday March 23) posted a statement about the My Little ...

23 Mar 2022 at 11:52

National News

School libraries in Ireland to receive €20million for 'highest quality' books

Twenty million euro has been announced for the provision of books, audio books and other media for school libraries. The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, announced news of the funding on Sunday (April 17) and said the initiative will ...

19 Apr 2022 at 11:44

Local News

Five Limerick libraries close temporarily due to one person's annual leave

IF YOU'RE planning on checking out books in your local library soon for summer holidays then there may not be a happy ending. The doors of five libraries in the county will be shut when they are normally open. Glin Library will be ...

02 Jun 2022 at 12:34

National News

Second phase of the Little Library initiative announced for all childcare settings

The second phase of the First 5 Little Library initiative has been announced today and will see reading materials made available to approximately 200,000 children in Ireland. The first 5 Little Library book bags will be available ...

19 Nov 2021 at 12:40

National News

Protesters bring gallows to demonstration outside Leinster House

Protesters took mock gallows and photographs of high-profile politicians to a demonstration outside Leinster House as the Dail returned following the summer recess. The gallows, which featured an effigy of a man hanging from a ...

20 Sept 2023 at 14:17

Nostalgia

Public can relive Limerick's past as National Library digitises glass plate negatives

IN STRANGE times it can be easier to look back than live in the moment. There is solace in reflecting in simpler times. For some escapism and education, the National Library of Ireland has the perfect solution. In 2007, they ...

16 Nov 2020 at 11:30

Local News

Limerck libraries reopen – under much changed circumstances

LIBRARIES across Limerick are back open after lockdown – albeit under different circumstances. Limerick City and County Council threw the doors open at a number of its libraries to chime in with phase three of the ...

08 Jul 2020 at 17:00

Education

Library plan is brought to book by Limerick councillors

AN OPEN library scheme was brought to book by councillors at a meeting of the Cappamore-Kilmallock municipal district. A motion, proposed by Cllr Lisa Marie Sheehy, calling on the CEO of Limerick City and County ...

24 Dec 2016 at 14:00

Arts & Entertainment

134 year-old long-lost story from famous Irish writer discovered by man browsing library

A long-lost story from Bram Stoker, the Irish author of one of the world's best known gothic horror stories 'Dracula', has been found in Dublin. In a remarkable discovery, the short story by Stoker, has been ...

21 Oct 2024 at 20:50

Education

Limerick council puts out call for star readers at library

LIMERICK City and County Council is inviting children to become a ‘Summer Star’, by taking part in a new reading programme during the school holidays. Dooradoyle Library hosted a special event to mark the ...

02 Jul 2018 at 06:03

Local News

Readings and song to mark International Women’s Day in County Limerick

FOR over a century International Women’s Day on March 8 has been marked throughout the world as a day on which women’s struggles for equality and economic justice have been marked and their achievements ...

08 Mar 2018 at 12:36

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