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Bill O'Herlihy is remembered first and foremost as a sports broadcaster but a tribunal report in the Official Publications collection in the Library documents his challenging earlier career as a reporter for the  7 Days programme, one of the first investigative journalistic formats produced by RTE. In November 1969 Bill O'Herlihy, as chief reporter, investigated the operation of moneylenders in the Dublin area. The programme was the first of its kind to use hidden cameras and more controversially an acted insert to give it dramatic and narrative structure. There were a number of contentious statements made within the programme and such was the impact and the ensuing controversy, that the Fianna Fáil government ordered a public inquiry into the 7 Days production.  These are Bill O'Herlihy's concluding remarks at the end of the  programme, reproduced in the Inquiry Report.  The claim of ...

In order to facilitate the migration of the Library Catalogue service under the Infrastructure Renewal Programme (IRP) the following Library services will be unavailable on Tuesday, June 2nd from 0930 to 1130: •                      Library catalogue including search option •                      Library website including search option •                      Library User Accounts •                      Real-time information regarding items on loan or their availability •                  ...

The Aleph database component of the Library Catalogue will undergo maintenance on Tuesday June 2nd from 0930 to 1130. The following Library services will be unavailable in order to facilitate this necessary maintenance. Real-time information regarding items on loan or availability Access to my library account Booking of group study rooms Placement of reservation requests Online renewal Book circulation including: Self Issue, High Use Books machine, and the book return machine Inter-Library Loans Ordering of books and journals online Our apologies for the inconvenience.

The database trial of Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present expires on Wednesday 03 June 2015 . Orlando provides entries on authors' lives and writing careers, contextual material, timelines, sets of internal links, and bibliographies. Access is available via: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/aboutourcollections/databases/databasetrials/ Please complete the feedback form available from the link above if this resource is of interest to you.

Demo of the ScanPro 3000 Microfiche/Microfilm-machines Some features: Simplified, step-by-step loading On Screen instructions Searchability High-Resolution Images No messing with lenses- on screen control and many more easy to use new and improved features  Come along for a professional demo by the Supplier Thursday  28th of May @ 1030am  Please book you place to avoid disappointment Additional session can be arranged if requested Venue Microform Room  - located on the ground floor of the Main Library. Take a right when you enter the library and it's on the right just after the book returns area.

This multi-volume publication by Henry Charles Andrews (active 1799-1828) combined the botanical and artistic talents of its author, and its serial format facilitated easier access to such information for budding gardeners of the era. Its focus is centred primarily on the era’s recently discovered species. Verbascum ferrugineum , ex.: The botanist's repository, for new and rare plants (London : Printed by T. Bensley, and published by the author, 1797-1815) If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, or to consult material in this vein, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. A spotlight exhibition can also be viewed on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of May.

The period which followed the Industrial Revolution brought with it nostalgia for the countryside and a growing interest in the natural world. Authors such as Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) were able to live comfortably off earnings from bestsellers such as The romance of natural history (London : J. Nisbet, 1862). The evidence of heavy use of our copy of The out-door world : or, Young collector's handbook by William S. Furneaux (London : Longmans, Green, 1893) is perhaps a testament to the clear illustrations and practical layout of this introduction to the natural world. Ferns, ex.: The out-door world : or, Young collector's handbook. If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, or to consult material in this vein, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. A spotlight exhibition can also be viewed on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the mont...

18 May - 19 July & 17 August - 30 August     Monday - Friday:  08.30-17.30                       Saturday/Sunday:  Closed                              Library Closed :   June Bank Holiday (Monday 1st June )         20 July - 16 August   Monday-Thursday:  08.30-22.00   Friday:                       08.30-17.30   Saturday:                   10.00-17.00    Sunday:  Closed          ...