Dublin City Council, again, bans poster to spare US president's feelings
Even a version which made no direct reference to Trump and removed his image, and simply read: “No welcome for warmongers” was turned down.
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What's the plan for squeezing more library into Howth? asks a councillor
About €700,000 has been allocated by the council for improvements, but there's no concrete proposal for how to spend it.
In Donabate, locals complain that their library has shrunk
The town's library moved into Ballisk House earlier this year, but it's falling well short of what people expected, they say
In Coolock Library, a crochet group is just one of the things going on
Libraries aren’t just places to pick up books these days, says Aisling Earley, a library assistant.
In Donabate, council plans to appoint contractor later this year to turn Ballisk House into new library
A new library is part of a trio of services local representatives say Donabate needs, also including a primary care centre, and a Garda station.
Under the council’s management, the building that recently housed Inchicore’s library has been left vacant and been badly damaged
“It reminds me of the Iveagh Markets,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Máire Devine. “It’s neglect.”
New library dropped from plan for council’s redevelopment of Dalymount Park
Instead, the council is looking at keeping services in the existing Phibsboro library, and extending it.
Council Has “No Interest” in Plan for New Library Proposed as Part of Crumlin Shopping Centre Redevelopment
Dublin City Council is already working on a plan for a new library just up the road.
Left by the Council to Sit Vacant, a Pipe Burst in Inchicore Library Bringing the Ceiling Down
A local group had been pushing the council to get into the building, to make sure it was being cared for – fearing something like this might happen.
Council Prepares to Apply for Planning Permission to Remake the Ringsend Library and Its Surrounds
The draft plan as it stands includes extending the library, adding an open square, and some changes to make the area a bit less “vehicularly-focused”.
In Terenure, Council Presses Ahead with Plan for New Library
It would replace the one-storey, 300 sqm, 1950s-era building with a 1,000 sqm, two-storey version.
Council Rethinking What’s Next for the Old Inchicore Library Building
Construction inflation has scotched its push to renovate it and reopen as a library, said a council spokesperson.
Across the City, Libraries Pop Up to Keep Dubliners Reading Through the Lockdown
As Covid restrictions continue, and charity shops remain closed, makeshift book exchanges on footpaths and in parks offer some literary give and take.