This article in the Irish Times (6 September 2025) caught our eye. It tells the remarkable story of how a library in the port town of Dún Laoghaire that was considered a costly extravagance – a ‘vanity project’ – has become Ireland’s busiest library.
“We want everyone to come in with no sense of inspection or expectation to spend any money,”
says Lucy O’Donnell, DLR LexIcon’s senior librarian.
