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Libraries
27 Jul 2021

Kinsale Town set to welcome new multi-million euro library

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan, and Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, jointly marked the official commencement of works on Kinsale’s new state of the art library facility. The event, which took place in Kinsale on Sunday 25th July, marks the commencement of extensive refurbishment works which will see the town centre heritage building being re-purposed as a new library.
Cork County Council Library and Arts Service - ‘First 5 Little Library Initiative’ in Cork County. The project aims to support the development of little libraries in early learning and care settings and encourage a love of books and reading among our youngest children. Elizabeth Desmond, Head of Bibliographic Services, Dolores Casey, Children and Young People Services Librarian, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley, Mayor of the County of Cork and Emer O’Brien, Cork County Librarian.
Libraries
27 May 2021

Little Library Book Bags for Young Readers

Cork County Council Library and Arts Service is delighted to announce the roll-out of the ‘First 5 Little Library Initiative’ in Cork County. The project aims to support the development of little libraries in early learning and care settings and encourage a love of books and reading among our youngest children.
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Libraries
30 Mar 2021

Digital Ambassadors Promoting Greater Accessibility to Cork County Libraries

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Services has rolled out the “Age Friendly Libraries Digital Ambassadors Programme”. Launched recently by Mary Butler T.D. Minister of State in the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, the programme will see “Digital Ambassadors” deliver remote tutoring sessions to older people, either online or over the phone, to help them join and engage with the Library’s online services.
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Libraries
26 Mar 2021

Cork County Council expands Artist-in-Residence Programme

Cork County Council Library and Arts Service is announcing four new creative residencies for 2021 with support from Creative Ireland and the Arts Council. The residencies aim to facilitate access to creativity and culture for adults, children and young people in County Cork.
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Libraries
12 Mar 2021

The Art of Living

Cork County Council Library & Arts Service invites applications to be part of a new and exciting project “The Art of Living”. Funded under the Creative Ireland Positive Ageing and Creative Wellbeing Challenge Fund, The Art of Living is a short film about creativity which highlights, showcases and celebrates a selected group of our older citizens.
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Libraries
11 Mar 2021

Poems from My 5K

Cork County Council Library and Arts Service is pleased to announce a new poetry initiative that aims to encourage people to imaginatively respond through poetry to the new perspectives  and understanding of place, nature and environment that the limitations on travel outside of the 5k limit have created in the last year. This boundary has meant that many of us are experiencing our locality in new and surprising ways, as we rediscover the world on our doorstep. “Poems from My 5k” provides an opportunity to reflect on this new reality through poetry.