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Have you ever wished that someone would explain exactly how the banking crises happened without having to read the small print? Your wish is granted. This award winning documentary 'Inside Job' does exactly that. It is a well paced easily accessible account, through narration and extensive interviews with financiers, ex-government staff, academics and Chinese factory workers! It won an Academy award in for Best Documentary in 2010.

Let's start joining up the dots with a podcast available on Dublin City Public Library website. This talk by Simon Carswell explains how Anglo Irish bank "broke Ireland". Another very good example is Fintan O'Toole's book, 'Ship of Fools', which is a very readable account of the the property bubble in Ireland. While looking at reviews for this book I came across a very interesting website called Irish Left Review, if you have time click on the Irish Shadow Banking System. Read more »

What Social Welfare payments am I entitled to?

Who can help me if I need financial assistance?

Where can I look for work?

Do I pay tax if I am on a low income?

These questions and other related topics maybe answered by staff from the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (I.N.O.U), here in the Business Information Centre, Central Library, on Tuesday, the 11th September, 2.30 - 4.30pm.

The I.N.O.U. are in the process of producing the new edition of the book entitled "Working for Work", and I eagerly await its publication.

Remember the elderly!  Read more »

Walk away the Winter blues!

Have you overindulged over the festive season. Do you feel lethargic and tired? Are you afraid to step up on the scales. Has Operation Transformation (TV Programme) frightened you into keeping fit? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, fear not! Dublin Public Libraries can help!

Dublin City Public Libraries have a very comprehensive collection of maps and guides with interesting walks, hikes, and trails contained within: encouraged yet to venture out in the fresh air, and explore and enjoy the countryside?

Suss out any of our 21 library service points spread across the city and checkout these walks. Included are: 

• Best Walks in Ireland by David Marshall (2006)
• Glasnevin Cemetery: A historic Walk (1997)
• Leisure Walks Near Dublin by Joss Lynam (2004)
• Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin by Brian J Showers (2006)
• Lonely Planet Hill Walking in Ireland (2010)
• Secret Dublin. 25 original walks exploring the hidden city by Pat Liddy (2001)
• Walks Around Medieval Dublin by Dublin City Council (2004)
• A Walk Across Ireland from Coast to Coast including the Royal Canal Way by John Mulligan (2006)

Another success story...

Have you visited the Business Information Centre, Central Library recently? If not, you may not know that we have been running a series of 18 Career & Development workshops from January 2010 - December 2011, with 3 more planned for January, February and March of this year.  

We sourced different expert Career Coaches from around the country, to give these presentations. We liased with these coaches and asked them to tailor these talks towards the positive aspects of searching for work. Read more »

Have you made a will or even considered making one? 

It is probably one of the most important things to do while you are still in sound mental health.  You can make a will yourself or get legal help from a solicitor to do so.  (I prefer the cheaper method myself!)

For the will to be valid it must be written by an over 18 and must be proved by 2 witnesses. These witnesses cannot profit from your will, and must only see your signature on the document.  They need not see how your fortune, or otherwise, will be parcelled out. Read more »