Northern Ireland's library service does not have the money to buy any new books this year. That is according to Libraries NI, the body responsible for running the library service. In a statement to ...

Almost 24,000 people in Northern Ireland have joined the library since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown and restrictions have meant most new members since the start of March have used ...

A funding shortfall means the country’s library service will operate with reduced hours, and is ‘unable to purchase new books or take requests at present’ Northern Ireland’s library service has said ...

SOMETIMES they are seen as a means of escape; people go to the library to fall into fiction – or, perhaps, to find out about someone or something else (biography, autobiography, non-fiction, etc).

A representative from Libraries NI said the service was disappointed at the situation that has arisen but said there is simply not the funding to buy new stock. Libraries in Northern Ireland receive ...