Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, Mr. John Gormley, T.D., launched the new ENFO Environmental Information Service and Ask About Ireland website in Dublin Central Library on Tuesday 8^th September 2009.

An Chomhairle Leabharlanna, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, has recently finished work on the new and much improved Ask About Ireland website – www.askaboutireland.ie. The website now includes Digital Books, Griffiths Valuation, and an Irish Historic Newsreel, as well as hosting the new ENFO Environmental Information Service.

Highlighting the new ENFO service, the Minister said “The new ENFO service includes an online service www.enfo.ie which provides high quality, user-friendly content and a gateway to the many existing online resources available from State and other Bodies”. Welcoming the Kid’s corner, the Minister said “the ENFO service to school-children and teachers will continue to be delivered through a range of online educational resource material including interactive games, lessons, posters, exhibitions, information leaflets etc”.

Speaking about the website, Minister Gormley said, “This Ask about Ireland website is a wonderful repository of information about our country and advances the Government’s commitment to maximising the use of technology by all ages in society”.

Minister Gormley said he was particularly pleased that, “through the initiative of my Department and An Chomhairle Leabharlanna, this wonderful resource is available to the public, free of charge, in public libraries throughout the country”.