Event management for Halloween

Events management students and horror fans might be interested in an article in today's Irish Times about tourism events that revolve around Halloween. The article looks at events, like the Tayto House of Horrors and the Haunted Spooktacular Horror Farm, that are run just for Halloween. Companies that run events all year, like the Dublin Bus Ghost Tour, ghosthuntireland.ie and the Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada, are also reviewed. 

Click here for the article.

Halloween Bank Holiday

The library will be closed on Monday 28th October for the Halloween bank holiday. We will be open again as normal on Tuesday 29th October. Opening hours for that week will be as follows:

Monday 28th October       Closed
Tuesday 29th October       9am to 9pm
Wednesday 30th October  9am to 9pm
Thursday 31st October      9am to 5:15pm
Friday 1st November         9am to 5pm

Happy Halloween!

Term time opening hours

From 16th September, the library will be open at the following times:

Monday - Wednesday

9:00am to 9:00pm

Thursday

9:00am to 5:15pm

Friday

9:00am to 5:00pm

The library will also be open on Saturdays on the run up to the exams.

Readers who need to use the library on Thursday evenings, and on Saturdays when the library is not open, can access other DIT libraries. Click here for their opening hours

Grand reopening

The library is reopening on Friday September 6th following maintenance and painting work.

Along with other improvements, there are now electrical sockets on or beside each desk space so you can plug in or recharge your laptop while using the library.

We apologise for the disruption but we hope you will be pleased with the improvements.

Library maintenance

DIT Cathal Brugha St library is being redecorated from the 19th August to 6th September. There will be limited access to the library's facilities.

Students and staff can request books from a member of library staff who will be available at the entrance to the library. The computer rooms will be open on the fourth floor of the college as normal, and a classroom near the library will be made available to students who wish to study in the building.

For further updates please check the blog and twitter.

The library can also be contacted on cbs.library@dit.ie or you can call us on 01 402 4424.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

August Bank Holiday

DIT Cathal Brugha St library will be closed for the bank holiday on Monday, 5th August.

The library will reopen on Tuesday, 6th August. Summer opening hours will apply.

Summer Opening Hours - Cathal Brugha St Library

Maintenance work

Maintenance work will be carried out in DIT Cathal Brugha Street Library over the next two weeks (15th-26th July). The library will remain open but there may be some issues with noise and some areas of the library will have to be closed.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

State visits and diplomatic dining

Elaine Mahon, a DIT Cathal Brugha St student who recently completed her BA in Culinary Arts, has had two articles on John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland in 1963 published in the Irish Independent. She was also interviewed on the subject of diplomatic dining by Neil Delamere on Mooney on RTÉ Radio1.

Elaine's final year thesis, Eating for Ireland: An investigation into Ireland's diplomatic dining since the inception of the state, concentrated on three major diplomatic events in Irish history; the Eucharistic Congress in 1932, President Kennedy's visit in 1963, and Queen Elizabeth II's visit in 2011. You can now read A French chef, fine china... and beef!, Elaine's piece on the state dinner and reception given in honour of JFK, and About the little known dining club..., her article on the now defunct Civil Service Dining Club, by clicking on the links above or by searching for them on the Irish Independent website.

For more on the fascinating subject of state visits and diplomatic dining you can listen to Elaine's interview on Mooney by accessing the podcast here.