The people of Finglas celebrated Christmas early on Saturday as they came together to mark the opening of Dublin City Council’s newest branch library.
The library, formerly an An Post sorting office, is located at the centre of the village on Seamus Ennis Road and replaces the former branch in the Finglas Village Centre.
The new library provides plenty of books and other materials, as well as places to read, study, meet and work.
At the opening were Jennifer Dunne, Senior Librarian Finglas Library and Lord Mayor of Dublin Daitih De Roiste.
Pictured: Brendan Teeling, Deputy City Librarian, Mairead Owens, City Librarian and Lord Mayor of Dublin Daitih De Roiste.
The library, including the public toilets, is fully accessible and is designed to provide a sense of well-being and a vibrant place for the community.
Speaking at the official opening of the library, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daithí de Róiste said:
“I am delighted to mark the official opening of the new public library for Finglas.
“Libraries are vital public spaces at the heart of their communities.
The new library
“This new library is a modern, universally accessible community space, and I look forward to seeing the exciting new services that the library service will deliver for the people of Finglas.
“I am pleased to see that the project approach has been to retain and upcycle an existing, vacant building instead of knocking it down and re-building, taking a low energy approach and contributing to Dublin City’s sustainability objectives.”
The Chief Executive, Richard Shakespeare said:
“Delivering a new community library for the people of Finglas has been a long standing ambition for the City.
“This project has delivered on that ambition, providing much needed, free, open and universally accessible spaces for all.
“Finglas is the first in a series of new and refurbished libraries that will be delivered by the City Council over the coming years.”