HUMPHREYS WELCOMES UPGRADE OF STILLORGAN LIBRARY
Issued : Saturday 8 May, 2010
Cllr Richard Humphreys, the Labour Party Councillor for the Stillorgan Ward, has welcomed the decision by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to invest at least €80,000 in an upgrade of Stillorgan Library.
“I am delighted that this vital community facility is going to be upgraded in the near future” Humphreys said. “The Council has decided to invest a sum in the order of €80,000 to €100,000 in an upgrade of the facilities.
“The investment, which is going to tender in the coming weeks, will enable public toilets to be installed for the first time. I am also hoping to see a number of other enhancements to the library and I have written to the County Librarian setting out my ideas and proposals for improving the library. I believe that a modern library service must take into account innovative ideas for delivering the best possible service. This is particularly so where the library is a busy one at the heart of the community, such as that in Stillorgan, which is very heavily used by residents of all ages in the area.
“I am personally very committed to the development of the library service, and to the Stillorgan library in particular. I was very pleased to support the development of a major new County library building in Moran Park, Dun Laoghaire. This important development was quite absurdly opposed by the People before Profit party – the same group that has cynically presented themselves as guardians of Sallynoggin library. Their opposition to the Moran Park Central Library and Cultural Centre shows that their talk of supporting the library service is just an attempted con job on the public.
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