Writers join forces to call for reinstatement of primary school library fund

Laureate na nÓg Áine Ní Ghlinn with Catherine McAuley NS puplis Chloe Priest and Dylan Pedreschi, on left, and Jack Carroll, on right, raise their voices for the reinstatement of the school library fund in Budget 2022.

A new campaign backed by some of the country's major writers has called for the reinstatement of the primary school library fund, first cut in the economic crash and never restored.

The campaign, launched today by Children’s Books Ireland, has the backing of the current Laureate na nÓg Áine Ní Ghlinn and all of her five predecessors — Siobhán Parkinson, Niamh Sharkey, Eoin Colfer, PJ Lynch, and Sarah Crossan.