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5 August 2024
Access Controllers

The PS5 Access controller was designed in collaboration with the accessibility community to assist players with diverse needs. With large circular buttons and a joystick, it is designed to significantly improve gaming experiences for individuals with disabilities. Accessible video games can contribute to overall quality of life and interpersonal relationships, making the gaming experience in […]

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25 July 2024
Summer Stars winners 2024

Every child who signs up to our Summer Stars 2024, reads and returns a book gets the chance to win in our prize draws. These are happening in all our libraries, every single week over the summer. Call in today and join our collection of winners.

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5 July 2024
Book club thoughts: Snowflake by Louise Nealon

Athlone book club read Snowflake by Louise Nealon in July 2024. They thought Mixed feelings were experienced by members of the group. Some didn’t enjoy it. The majority did. The characters are recognisable and there was a lovely relationship depicted between the uncle and niece. Every 3rd level lecturer should read this. 3.75 Stars. Eighteen-year-old […]

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22 June 2024
Summers Stars Launch at Westmeath Libraries

The official launch of Summer Stars took place at Westmeath Libraries this week. What better way to kick it off than to have Irish author and illustrator Oisín McGann visit our library branches! Children from St Colman's NS Bellview, St. Mary’s NS Athlone, St Féichín's NS Fore and St. Brigid’s NS Moate were in for […]

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18 June 2024
Book club thoughts: Purple hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In June 2024 the Athlone Book Club read Purple hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. They thought

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14 June 2024
Summer Stars 2024

Summer is here, and that means only one thing, Summer Stars in your local library! So make sure to call in and sign up today. This summer we will be hosting a number of events and activities around the county including Treasure Hunt - Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone 10 Jun 2024 to 31 Aug 2024 […]

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13 June 2024
Coffee & Craft at Mullingar Library

This May as part of the Bealtaine festival we celebrated the arts and creativity. Our last event was the coffee and crafts class where we chose to decorate greeting cards with flowers of late Spring and early Summer.  Greatly inspired by the wonderful wildflower meadow right outside our window in the libraries creative space, we […]

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5 June 2024
Green Gather at Mullingar Library

On the 18th May Mullingar Library welcomed Mullingar Climate Action Network to the library for a "special event "Green Gather" event. "Sustainability through repair" was the main theme of the day, with speakers on biodiversity, food waste, upholstery and you repair among others. Many thanks to those that came along, and especially to Mullingar Climate […]

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29 May 2024
Celebrating Africa Day 2024

Africa Day is an annual celebration of the people and cultures of this wonderful continent. This year it was celebrated on 25th May, and to mark the occasion Moate Library are hosting an exhibition by Lesley Wingfield "Faces of Africa", depicting some of the rich and diverse African cultures living in our community. Lesley Wingfield […]

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24 May 2024
Exciting changes coming soon to Kilbeggan Library

Refurbishment works to improve our library service have begun! These will include Easy Access, My Open Library and Sensory resources Kilbeggan Library is currently closed for renovations.While we are closed remember you can use your library card in any public library around the country. We would be delighted to see you in Athlone, Castlepollard, Moate, […]

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