Children’s books dominated the borrowing charts at Irish libraries last year, with the series Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid topping the list. Books for children and teenagers accounted for the top ...

Live Aid was a particular source of pride in Ireland at a time when the country was at a low ebb. Record unemployment, emigration and a ballooning national debt beset the country in July 1985. Yet the ...

Eoin McCarney: 'People tend to think of the National Library as a place for high-end research but we collect newspapers from all around the country, magazines, journals, children’s books, novels, ...

The following article is republished as part of a collaboration with Wikimedia Community Ireland and was originally published on their website on July 28, 2025. On July 14, 2025, Wikimedia Community ...