Clare Byrne

They have to see you with a book.

They have to have books around them, which is why Children's Books Ireland is so keen for these school libraries to be well funded.

And you see the public library and they're all brilliant.

They're great resources still.

Well, when I was growing up, every Tuesday night we went to the library.

It was a ritual and it always happened.

Never fail.

And we got our books.

But you see, we live a different life now.

You've got two parents working and all the extra extracurricular activities, which we didn't seem to do as much of when we were growing up.

It's very difficult to carve out that hour and a bit to do that.

Yeah, it's a great way to look at it.

But then having access to books in every school, it's just really important because if you have a free half an hour and the books are there and there isn't a screen, you'll

Go for the book because you've got nothing else to grab.

It's free.

Go get the books.

And you can go to secondhand bookshops now.

There are plenty of them.

Charity shops.

Yeah.