Facts and Figures
- Number of library buildings: 10
- Library Link van: 1
- Total library stock, including e-sock on 31 December 2025: 579,647 items
- Bookfund 2026: €450,200
- City Council per capita budget for book purchase 2026: €2.02
- Number of visits to Cork City Libraries 2025: 931,865
- Number of items borrowed from Cork City Libraries 2025: 789,293
- Number of registered members on 31 December 2025: 34,214
- Number of PC sessions booked 2025: 56,458
- Total number of events in all libraries 2025: 4,366
- Number of public-access computer workstations with Internet: 81
- Amazing staff: 101
Most borrowed items 2025
Our list of top loans in 2025 was dominated by children's book titles. The book borrowed most often by Cork City Libraries members in 2025 was the children's book Escape from Haunted Treasure Island. Songs of the Birds was the second most borrowed title. Bunny V. Monkey: The Human Invasion and Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Sneeze were in joint third place, with Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls following close on their heels in fourth place.
The most borrowed adult book in 2025 was our One City One Book title Stone Mad by Seamus Murphy. Two David Baldacci titles, A Calamity of Souls and The Edge shared second place, while Lee Child's The Secret took third spot for the most borrowed adult book by Cork City Libraries members in 2025.