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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Save our Libraries protest rumbles on
Over in Moy, Northern Ireland, visiting relatives, the first thing I noticed driving into the town was this depressing appeal to 'Save our Library' in letters blocking the window panes.
A typical scenario - small town with much loved library catering to those without cars who cannot drive miles away to the big library they intend to save in Dungannon, and in fact, which the council has spent a fortune revamping. Great. But now it seems, this is at the cost of all the little surrounding satellite town libraries.
http://www.tyronecourier.uk.com/articles/news/19377/new-chapter-in-fight-to-keep-moy-library-open/
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