A new 5,000 sq ft library for Boyle, which was granted planning permission in 2022, has officially gone out to tender on eTenders. The estimated cost of the project is €4.2m, exclusive of VAT.
The new library, which will be located at the rear of the old Royal Hotel in Boyle, will be fully accessible and suitable for the delivery of innovative library services into the future. The modern two-storey design, when completed, will replace the public library currently located in the nearby King House in Boyle.
The tender notes: “This purpose-built community facility will form part of a programme of development to regenerate the centre of the town.
“It will be located in the Cultural Quarter of Boyle as Outlined in Boyle 2040.”
In 2018, Boyle 2040 – the plan to create a re-imagined, unique and interesting town centre for Boyle – was launched by the then-Minister for Communications Denis Naughten.
A key document for the town’s regeneration, Boyle 2040 regularly references the great asset that the river is to the town. The spaces of the new library that are orientated to the river will include floor-to-ceiling glazing, connecting it with external spaces.
