ICYMI: David Walliams has reportedly been dropped from the line-up for 2026's Waterstones Children's Book Festival in Dundee 👇

On the left, this week at Bondi, refugee faces deportation after tackling the gunman and getting shot by police for his efforts On the right, at Bondi last April, French guy given residency

The LAI/CILIP Ireland Library Ireland Week team is delighted to announce the winner for the Staff Champion Award: Tracy McEneaney of Ardkeen Library, Waterford. Congratulations Tracy! A truly inspiring and transformational Library colleague who goes above and beyond! #LIW25

It's been two years of a year... It was the year we started with two dogs and ended with three, the year I wrote and ended a book column, the year the @laibluesky.bsky.social gave me their Presidents Medal, the year I interviewed authors and filmmakers on stage, curated events, gave away awards. 🧵

Call for Papers!!! The 2026 conference theme is Transforming futures: Libraries leading through Change and Innovation. #CONUL26 invites submissions for presentations and posters. Submit Your Abstract here: conference.conul.ie

Leaving Dublin now. In the departure terminal in one of the shops, I heard a man verbally and xenophobically abusing airport young worker at the till. I told him to stop, he came at me asking what my problem was, backed down, and left. If you can and you think it's safe, speak up. No pasarán.

"Our" episode of #BuildingsBeo was on last night, featuring the fabulous Kinsale Library 💖 You know it takes a dream team to bring projects like this to life,it was a joy to work on. Here are some behind the scenes pics with the lovely Carrie Crowley and crew @tg4.bsky.social

👷‍♀️Buildings Beo 🏢 🔎 Sraith nua ag tosú anocht 19/11 le Carrie Crowley 🗓️ Gach Céadaoin ~ 20:30

Paywall lifted on the #EchoChamberPod with the powerhouse @judesherry.bsky.social and not awful @frankoconnor.bsky.social Derelict Ireland - Awareness Is Not Enough Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

Trying to use the desk in standing position more when WFH. Starting into a 2 hour HR training session - himself has delivered coffee and a treat!

Scarlet for Cork City Council's traffic management around Glanmire.

Some disabled people are going to libraries to stay warm, protest hears

It's the 8th of December, but also a Monday, so a disappointing number of shops closed! Car Service and Cake for me!

Live music sa Leabharlann, just like @ucclibrary.bsky.social #LateLateToyShow

I think you mean Elf & Safety…?

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How did they get that Jenga past health and safety!? #LateLateToyShow

The Library is looking pretty quaint and festive today! 🎄🤫 #researchlibraries #waitingforxmasbelike #beautifullibraries #librarybuildings #librariesofbluesky

I love that this very non-library episode of #BuildingsBeo still has a cameo from Waterford Libraries! Stunning revival of Mount Congreve 💚 @tg4.bsky.social

Some lovely photos from the An Post Irish Book Awards last night, featuring host Miriam O'Callaghan and LAI Author of the Year Award winner, Elaine Feeney. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. #IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards

The WINNER of the 2025 Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year is... @elainefeeney.bsky.social #APIBA #StoriesMakeUs

Love this article by our Learning and Teaching team setting out how they have worked together to strengthen their combined evidence synthesis skills to support research across @ucc.ie

UCC Library invites staff to take part in our UCC Library Survey (28 Oct–25 Nov). Your feedback helps shape our research and teaching support, spaces and collections. It takes 8–10 mins. And you could win some great prizes www.libqual.org/survey/RWSLJ...

In Ireland, we are doing a lot of things right in public libraries, but we are at odds with this philosophy. We require guardians and we ultimately place responsibility/consent for choices with them.

The EU Court has found that we have failed to even bring in the laws we’d need to comply with our obligations to combat water pollution.

I'm watching Buildings Beo @tg4.bsky.social 1) I really want to go to Castleblaney- such a beautiful area, not just the library! And wow what a project the building is 🥰 2) How fab are the Monaghan Libraries fleeces- cosy! #libraries #librarybuildings

🏗️Buildings Beo 📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30 👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.

Over on Threads there's discourse about some 28 year-old unschooled woman not knowing that Anne Frank died because her mother left the upsetting parts out of history when teaching her, and that would be an excellent example of why unschooling is frequently a fancy word for educational neglect.

Was, completely, preventable! Canada loses its official 'measles-free' status After having only 16 total cases of measles nationwide between 2020 and 2023, the number of measles cases in Canada jumped to more than 100 in 2024 and more than 5,000 cases in 2025. www.gavi.org/vaccineswork....

You may avail of family friendly policies but you will pay. Do not tell me to get the bus!

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

Received my UK public lending right statement (writers receive a payment every time their books are borrowed from the library). Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏 Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.

Hey. Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors. If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.

Excellent and very enjoyable overview of Helen Hooker O'Malley's life and work by her son Cormac O'Malley, celebrating the acquisition of her photographic archive @ucc.ie @ucclibrary.bsky.social #photography #IrishHistory #archives

Open Access Pathways - celebrating #OpenAccessWeek @ucclibrary.bsky.social @hardyschwamm.bsky.social presenting an overview of the importance of Open Access

I guess working from home for 2 weeks is out of the question 😫

The nice people at @wikimediaireland.bsky.social are hiring an Irish Language Officer! Check out wikimedia.ie

How are people coping with working 5 days when they have tiny humans? How are you squeezing more of their joy into your life? Should I work at night while they sleep??

I very much enjoyed being invited on the @shushradio.bsky.social radio show (link to recording below) and being able to pick my own songs (great fun, but difficult choices had to be made!) and also having a great chat about libraries (they give us power you know), food science and much more.

Excel. Great for numbers. Shit for text.

Taispéantas deas i gcuimhne Manchán Magan sa leabharlann Blanchardstown 💙 Nice display in memory of Manchán Magan in Blanchardstown library. @darach.bsky.social

[God, about to create the giraffe] Now let's do a silly one

It's a beautiful time of year when the sun shines!

Fergal Keane reflects on the culture that shaped him in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social ahead of our symposium Cork University Press and Irish Intellectual Life this week: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Really enjoyed the ‘Words on Waves’ exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, with truly spectacular early Irish manuscripts loaned from the monastery of St Gall in Switzerland, paired with related artefacts from the NMI’s collection. Mobile art and ideas taking literal form! Unmissable.

Looking forward to seeing you at our Symposium next week. bit.ly/CUPSymposium 📘 Session 1: Paul McSweeney on Urban Milk Supply. Síle Ní Mhurchú on Dánta Gráda. Iarla Ó Lionáird on Irish Music. Cormac Ó Gráda on Cork’s Economic History Other session details to follow

I have to pay €2 extra for the carpark every time my kid won't cooperate about getting into school on time.

Two underappreciated things when working from home. Using up leftovers, and giving the face a little break from makeup.

thinking about the fast, efficient driverless cars we should’ve had decades ago