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Picture This: Kilkenny libraries to showcase illustration-led books for young readers

A new reading guide from Children’s Books Ireland, the national organisation for children’s books in Ireland, celebrating picture books and illustration is now available in every branch library in Kilkenny. Picture This features over 230 recommended ...

30 Sept 2022 at 12:33

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Nationwide search underway to find An Post Bookshop of the Year 2022 - Kilkenny Live

The search is underway to find the An Post Bookshop of the Year for 2022. After a hugely successful inaugural year in 2021, the category is now back for the second year running in the An Post Irish Book Awards, the annual literary event that ...

09 Aug 2022 at 12:33

Teachers resorting to buying books for their classrooms – report

Primary school teachers are having to buy books to stock their classrooms because of limited access to budgets, a new report reveals. In a study released for the 25th anniversary of World Book Day, a survey of more than 800 primary school ...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Personal Finance

‘Four in 10 people not confident using numbers in their everyday lives’

Four in 10 (40%) people do not feel confident about using numbers in their everyday lives, a survey has found. And one in five (20%) would avoid jobs that involve using numbers often, according to the research published by the ...

22 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Local News

Donegal ETB Appoints New Adult Literacy Organiser in Inishowen

A new Adult Literacy Organiser, Ms Claire McNicholl, has been appointed in Inishowen by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB). Claire joins a team of five Adult Literacy Organisers (ALOs) across the county under its ...

27 May 2022 at 15:33

Local News

Donegal ETB Appoints New Adult Literacy Organiser in Inishowen

27 May 2022 at 15:33

Camilla meets Bernardine Evaristo at Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall has welcomed Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo to her Clarence House home. The pair met on Tuesday to mark the writer’s appointment as the new president of the Royal Society of ...

05 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Life

Children reading more books thanks to social media trends, research suggests

The number of books children read increased by almost a quarter last year as social media trends such as TikTok help shape reading habits, according to the latest research. The 2023 What Kids Are Reading Report ...

25 Apr 2023 at 08:12

Children reading more books thanks to social media trends, research suggests

25 Apr 2023 at 07:29

Ireland

One million euro literacy fund announced

A one million euro fund to address unmet literacy needs has been announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris. Mr Harris said the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) strategy would ...

20 Mar 2023 at 00:01

National News

One million euro literacy fund announced

A one million euro fund to address unmet literacy needs has been announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris. Mr Harris said the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) strategy ...

20 Mar 2023 at 22:33

National News

One million euro literacy fund announced

A one million euro fund to address unmet literacy needs has been announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris. Mr Harris said the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) ...

20 Mar 2023 at 22:33

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