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Mintel Market Research and Analysis

Are you thinking of setting up a new business or extending an existing one? Discover the basics of market research and help your business grow with Mintel Ireland the world's leading market intelligence agency.
13 March 2023

IBISWorld

Throughout the Covid 19 situation, the Business Information Service, provided by the Central Library, has carried on. Like the businesses and educational institutions that we support, we have had to adapt our service.
13 March 2023

Hublet tablet lending device

Our new Hublets allow you to borrow a tablet and use it in the library. No longer are eBooks, magazines, movies, menus, or self-help apps limited to those that have their own electronic devices. 
23 February 2023

The Great Recoil: Politics after Populism and Pandemic

In this insightful, thought-provoking and ultimately hopeful book, Italian sociologist and political theorist Paulo Gerbaudo argues that the devastating recession which followed the 2008 financial crash and the more recent Coronavirus pandemic have led to The Great Recoil.
8 February 2023

Sensory Services

Dublin City Libraries are delighted to present a new range of sensory and assistive resources available for use in branch libraries citywide. 
25 January 2023

Dublin City Library and Archive is extending its opening hours

From 23 January 2023 the Reading Room is now open to researchers by appointment on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 4.30pm, including through lunchtime. Our study area is now open from 10:00am – 20:00 Monday to Thursday and 10am to 5pm on Fridays and Saturdays
23 January 2023

The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir

Several acquaintances have confided in me that one of their New Year’s resolutions is to start reading again. When asked for any tips my advice is always the same: start with something short. In that vein, one of the books I have read since the beginning of the year is Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables, a novel supposedly considered “too intimate” to be published during the author’s life. 
16 January 2023

Ladies' Fashion at the Turn of the 20th Century

A vital aspect of fashion is its relationship to society at large. In recent years this has become considerably more complex. Everyday life is influenced by what people do, what they say, and more importantly what they wear.
13 December 2022

Piocadh Foirne: Leabhair Gaeilge

Tá rogha leabhar curtha le chéile againn ar bhain ár gcomhghleacaithe taitneamh as i Leabharlanna Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath i mbliana.
5 December 2022