LOTE Online for Kids will be temporarily offline this Friday, from Midnight to 5:00am Irish time (28th October 9am to 2pm AEST), for a major product re-brand and website upgrade. Once maintenance has been completed, our friend Lekti, the owl that loves to read, will be here to introduce you to the upgraded website, that will be […]
Join Cúige Studios for their Hallowe'en Festival in Mullingar - book at Ticket Tailor Wednesday 26th October: The Procession (free event) - 7.30 pm Mullingar Train Station (Enter behind The Newbury Hotel) The Jealous Wall Storytelling by Eimear Keating Followed by Spoken Word poet Marty Mulligan telling tales of the Banshee - 9 pm (back […]
Westmeath Libraries would like to wish everyone a very happy, and slightly spooky, Hallowe'en. To celebrate the season we will be holding a number of spook-tacular events in libraries around the county. 25th October at 3.30pm Castlepollard Library is inviting you along to a special Hallowe'en movie afternoon, don't forget to dress up! And while […]
News: Westmeath County Council is one of 10 Local Authorities who have been allocated funding for a Biodiversity Officer. For details of this announcement from the Minister for Heritage see: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/79a0a-approval-for-ten-new-biodiversity-officers-to-bolster-local-action-for-nature/ Connecting Communities with Peatlands - Upcoming opportunities: Interpretation & Conservation Planning; Relationship & Conflict Management for community groups; Facebook & Instagram for Beginners. Course […]
**Update 18th October** My Open Library service in Castlepollard Library is back in operation** The My Open Library initiative allows you to access from 8am through until 10pm, seven days a week. Your library is your space to relax and read, study and research, write and use the computers and have access to a printer. […]
**Please note - all these events are now booked out. We hope you enjoy ** Join us this December as we explore sustainable Christmas decorations and learn how to make a foam-free Winter arrangement from Irish grown & foraged material. We are delighted to welcome Anna Browne of Big Sky Flowers to our libraries for […]
This award is funded by Westmeath County Council and the Arts Council. It aims to foster talent, creativity and activity in filmmaking in County Westmeath. A grant of €10,000 will be awarded to a filmmaker towards the cost of production of a short drama or documentary film of 10-12 min duration to be shot in […]
Enter our Road Safety Quiz, in association with Westmeath County Council Transport section, and win a LED Beanie Hat. Pick up your entry form in all Westmeath Libraries - limited numbers so make sure to enter today!
Westmeath Libraries are delighted to announce that C-Pens are now available to use in the library. The C-Pen is a wonderful tool for anyone learning English, or for people with reading difficulties such as dyslexia. It can also be of benefit to people with vision problems, as this portable device reads text out aloud to […]
Join us in Mullingar Library for our Autumn Time Poetry Club with Paul Timoney, as part of our Local Live Performances. Express yourself in a friendly, fun-filled and supportive environment. Feel free to bring along your favourite poem, or your own compositions. No need to book, simply join us in the library from 6:00 to […]