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. Read more here.