Poll: Should libraries around Ireland open 365 days a year?

A new automated system is set to be introduced at Pembroke Library in Dublin.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL has put a €1.1 million contract out to tender for the development of a new automated system at its Pembroke Library.

The system will be introduced at the Pembroke Library but with a view to rolling it out at a further 20 libraries in the coming years.

It means the libraries would be open from 8am to 10pm for 365 days a year with users able to access the building and borrow books when staff aren’t there.

So today we’re asking: Should libraries around Ireland open 365 days a year?

Poll Results:

No (5248)

Yes (3139)

I'm not sure / no opinion (612)

Yes
No
I'm not sure / no opinion

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Poll: Should libraries around Ireland open 365 days a year?

Poll Results:

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