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Ireland's libraries see two million more visits in two years
Original: "Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that al
New figures show visits to public libraries across Ireland have risen by two million over the past two years, reaching almost 16 million visits in 2025, up from nearly 14 million in 2023. Borrowing has also spiked, pointing to a renewed appetite for free public cultural and reading spaces.
Why now: The rebound in library use challenges assumptions that digital media is eroding public library attendance, making the figures newsworthy.
Evidence
- "Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023. There has also been a spike in borrowing from… · remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · 3
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