finglas Former Mayor inspects progress of new library

Former Lord mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy, has welcomed the progress being made on the new Finglas library which is nearing completion and set to open later this summer. The new Library is located on Seamus ennis road, on the site of a former An Post sorting office, which was acquired by Dublin City Council in 2020.

The building is being upcycled and fully retrofitted to provide a vibrant new space for the community.

The new library will replace the existing service, which opened in 1980 and is located on the first floor of the Finglas Village Centre. The existing library closed on June 24th and the new library will open as soon as final fit-out is complete.

Speaking at a site visit the Former Lord mayor of Dublin said, “I am delighted to see the progress on the new library which will be a modern, universally accessible community space, and I look forward to seeing the exciting new services that the library will deliver for the people of Finglas. marking the end of my term as Lord mayor of Dublin I intend to donate a collection of books gifted to me during my time in office so that they can be read and enjoyed by the city’s library users. I am also 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.”

It is expected that the new library will welcome its first visitors later in the summer with an official opening event for the community in the Autumn.

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