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Pop up library
8 August 2025
Dublin City Libraries are delighted to be holding three Outdoor POP UP Libraries in Wolfe Tone Square this August. Join us on the 16th, 23rd and 30th August from 11am to 4pm.

End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin

By some estimates, 49% of the world’s adult population is due to vote in elections in 2024 and what better way to begin the year than with Turchin’s brilliant book about how much trouble some of these same societies are in.
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8 January 2024

Commemorative plaque for writer Maeve Brennan

Dublin City Council will unveil a commemorative plaque for the writer Maeve Brennan at her childhood home (48 Cherryfield Avenue) in Ranelagh on 6 January 2024 at 11am.
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18 December 2023

The Maigret novels by Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon, who was born 120 years ago in the Belgian city of Liège, lived an eventful life and was a prolific author. He wrote 75 novels and 28 short stories about his most famous character, Jules Maigret or, as everyone (including his wife) calls him, Maigret.
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1 December 2023

nkoda: new music app

The Music Library is already home to an extensive collection of physical sheet music, so we’re delighted to announce that we’re now offering access to nkoda.
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8 November 2023

Children's books on feelings and emotions

We provide books for children that deal with a range of social and personal issues. These books act as soft introductions to complex issues and are written in a way that young children can understand easily. The books initiate social awareness for children and allow them to understand themselves, others, and the world around them.
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12 September 2023

Sky Blue Stars: The Dublin GAA Activity Book

Dublin City Libraries launched a Children’s Literacy Project in Croke Park in cooperation with the Dublin GAA County Board for 6th class children from schools in the Dublin City Council area.
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5 September 2023

Lifelong Learning: skill up

We live in an era where you can fix pretty much anything in your home by watching a YouTube video.
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31 August 2023

Infobase Learning Cloud

Unlimited access to more than 400 online traning courses on the newest software to improve your skills and social media know-how.
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31 August 2023

ScanEZ: FREE scanning and multilingual translation service

Scan and translate documents into over 100 languages or restore old, faded photos and documents with the Central Library's new ScanEZ.
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14 August 2023

James Connolly plaque to be unveiled by Dublin City Council

James Connolly, socialist and signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, is to be commemorated by a Dublin City Council plaque.
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25 July 2023