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Health librarian. Ní neart go cur le chéile. Beatha teanga í a labhairt. Fáilte roimh chách! Sos cogaidh anois - Ceasefire now. Stop an cinedhíothú. Éiceolaíocht, Gaeilge, evidence synthesis, leabharlanna, medlibs.
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2/13/1903 — b. Elizabeth Homer Morton, Canadian librarian, author. Secretary/treasurer, Ontario Library Assn(1936-43); exec sec, #Canadian #Library Council (1944). Co-founder, Canadian Lib Assn (1946), exec director/editor ('46-68). Order of Canada('68) #womenshistory #LibrarySky #BookSky #WriterSky
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Librarian in Marsh's Library. This will be a great position for an early-career librarian. Further details at: marshlibrary.ie/assistant-li...
Seeking an Assistant Librarian - Marsh's Library
We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Librarian for Marsh’s Library in central Dublin. Location: St. Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8 Reporting to: Assistant Director, Marsh’s Library Salary: €40,000 – €45,...
marshlibrary.ie
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Throughout February and especially on Ireland Reads Day, February 28th, Libraries Ireland is calling on people across Ireland to get lost in a good book. It doesn’t matter what you read, where you read or how well you read, as long as you read.
www.irelandreads.ie
Get lost in a good book for Ireland Reads. Here's what I'm reading:... - Ireland Reads
Ireland Reads. On Saturday 22 February we’re inviting people of all ages in Ireland to get reading. Why? Because taking some time for yourself to relax and do the things you enjoy (like reading) is im...
www.irelandreads.ie
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Gnáthóg bhogaigh ag obair go dian mar spúinse don bháisteach, seoid luachmhar in aice le Léim an Bhradáin. Wetland habitat operating as a sponge for the rain, near Leixlip #FloodSolutions #wetland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leixlip...
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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This massive Canadian agtech company has put in an application to harvest seaweed from basically the entire west coast. The maps are actually shocking www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
FS006108 Arramara Teoranta Harvesting of Seaweed
Seaweed Harvesting
www.gov.ie
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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A landmark study charting wetland birds coming here for wintertime over the past 30 years has revealed mixed fortunes for 63 species of migratory waterbirds in Ireland
30-year survey records decline in migratory waterbirds
A landmark study charting wetland birds coming here for wintertime over the past 30 years has revealed mixed fortunes for 63 species of migratory waterbirds in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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🌿 Is Breá le Vicí Béaloideas 2026 oscailte! Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 is open!

Caomhnaigh ár dtraidisiúin, íomhá ar íomhá.
Preserve our traditions, image by image.

🔗 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2026_in_Ireland
Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in Ireland - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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🚀The HRB has published this year's Health Research in Action. It highlights the far-reaching, real-world impact of HRB & HRB-funded health & social care research, including:
📌22 success stories
📌A snapshot of HRB achievements in 2024
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/4jXgiav
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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🚨Reminder! Applications for HRB's Research in-Practice Fellowships for Health & Social Care Practitioners 2026 are closing soon.
📌Funding: Research-related costs up €80k & pro rata salary-related fellow costs up to 0.5 FTE
🗓️Closes: 13 Feb
ℹ️More info: bit.ly/3NrxfOd
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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✍️HSLJ Summer 2026 issue submissions

⏲Want to publish in the Health Sciences Libraries Journal? Submit by April 10th!

🏳️‍🌈This issue will contain special features celebrating Pride month, we would love to hear from LGBTQi+ colleagues!

📚Guidelines here: journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs...
Submissions | Health Sciences Libraries Journal
journals.ucc.ie
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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✨ Move with Nature: Imbolc at Girley Bog ✨

🕰️ Sunday 01 Feb, 11.00am-12.30pm

🎟️Book on Eventbrite. Free of charge, but places limited: imbolcatgirleybog.eventbrite.ie

@patagonia.com #WorldWetlandsDay #GirleyBog #Brigid #Imbolc
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Reports: Microsoft is Closing Its Employee Library and Cutting Back on Subscriptions www.infodocket.com/2026/01/15/r... #libraries #speciallibraries
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Our staff were at the JOC on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries today to discuss Marine Protected Areas & the designation of our IBAs for seabirds as SPAs. Read our statement here birdwatchireland.ie/app/uploads/...
January 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Mion-fhoraois
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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📣 Abstract Deadline Extended!
🗓️ New deadline: 19th Jan @ 10am
🎤 Theme: Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference

If you’ve been thinking about submitting, now’s your chance to share your work & perspective with our community. Don't delay, submit today.
hslg.ie/category/eve...
Conference – Health Sciences Libraries Group
Posts about Conference written by HSLG
hslg.ie
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure everye human activitye. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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The next event at #CILIPMembersFest26 is ‘AI literacy across library sectors’. This panel discussion by key industry speakers explores their experiences of AI in the workplace, key issues & concerns with AI in their sector, and much more.
📅 Monday 2 March
Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/L0Aj50XVq3r
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Kildare University academic to lead first All-Island mental health research network. Daragh Nolan, Leinster Leader.
CO-PRIME: set up to help combat mental ill health across Ireland, will be headed up by Professor Sinead McGilloway, Maynooth University
www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local-n...
Kildare University academic to lead first All-Island mental health research network
CO-PRIME has been set up to help combat mental ill health in a more coordinated way right across Ireland and will be headed up by Professor Sinead McGilloway, Maynooth University
www.leinsterleader.ie
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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The LAI/CILIP Conference will take place on Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th of April in Monaghan at the stunning new Peace Campus. The Call for Papers and Conference theme will be announced soon!

We are really looking forward to another wonderful conference!
January 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Today is the anniversary of Oíche na Gaoithe Móire - the Night of the Big Wind, 1839, the worst natural disaster in Irish history.

Did the terror and the psychological damage of the night feed into the language-shift in Ireland?

Grateful for shares!👍

irishlanguagematters.com/oiche-na-gao...
Oíche na Gaoithe Móire. The Night of the Big Wind. When Earth, Wind, Fire & Water tormented Ireland.
It was said the wind emptied canals; caused waves to top the 700 ft Cliffs of Moher; and left the taste of Atlantic sea salt on vegetation in Meath, in the East of Ireland. “Oíche Gaoithe Móire, Ói…
irishlanguagematters.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Free Kildare climate course to feature special guest
All six sessions will be held inside Naas Library. From: Kildare Now @kildarenow.bsky.social By Ciarán Mather
05 Jan 2026 @kildarelibrary.bsky.social
www.kildarenow.com/news/local-n...
Free Kildare climate course to feature special guest
All six sessions will be held inside Naas Library
www.kildarenow.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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Happy new year from Special Collections & Archives! Kicking it off with a guest blog - 'Cataloguing musical material in the Russell Library', with thanks to MA student of Performance and Musicology, Caterina Mirtsios, who shares her discoveries here: mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Join us for this year's HSLG conference on "Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference.”
Our diverse values, priorities, and ways of working strengthen health libraries—driving new ideas and innovation.

🗓️March 12th 2026
🏨Ashling Hotel, Dublin
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eventbrite.ie/e/celebratin...
Celebrating our collective power: finding strength in difference
The HSLG conference will be held in the Ashling Hotel on Thursday 12 March 2026 from 9.45 to 16.30 .
eventbrite.ie
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Our first guest post of 2026 is from the editorial team of the Health Sciences Libraries Journal. They highlight the articles featured in the latest issue of the journal and share details about the deadlines for the Summer 2026 issues. www.libfocus.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. It's sci-fi, it's cataloguing, it has everything! 😃 www.isfdb.org "The ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data...[]"
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
www.isfdb.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM