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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

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

Reach for a Read with the Library Locker

Dublin City Libraries and Our Lady’s Hall Community Centre, Drimnagh, Dublin 12 are embarking on a new endeavour. Our Lady’s Hall is hosting the Library Locker: an electronic lending cabinet, in the foyer of the Community Centre.
7 November 2022

Portrait of Dublin's First Female Lord Mayor unveiled by City Council

Kathleen Clarke served as Lord Mayor for two terms, standing down as a councillor in 1941 on the grounds of ill health. Continuing to live an active public life until her death on 29th September 1972, she received a State funeral, the third of only three women to be so honoured.
29 September 2022

ISL Story Sign

Dublin City Libraries is delighted to partner with the Irish Deaf Society in the ISL StorySign Project, a national project to produce filmed stories for children, signed in Irish Sign Language.
23 September 2022

New Library for Finglas

Dublin City Council is delighted to announce the commencement of works to deliver a Public Library in the heart of Finglas village. The new Library will be located on Seamus Ennis Road, on the site of a former An Post sorting office, which was acquired by Dublin City Council in 2020. 
13 September 2022