ALT Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, wearing a dark suit and blue tie, is standing and speaking closely with NLI Director Audrey Whitty, wearing a long blue dress, in the West Wing of the NLI. The concrete floors are bare, with evidence of building works. The pair stand among empty book stacks, no longer holding books or shelving. To the right, an old staircase is visible.

ALT Dr. Audrey Whitty, Director of the NLI (wearing a long blue dress) has her back to the camera and is visible in conversation with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who is leaning against an old ledge inside the NLI's west wing building, which is vacant of collections. Bare concrete floors can be seen, and crumbling concrete on the walls. Evidence of some building works can be observed. The window peers out onto Kildare street.

ALT A bright photograph featuring Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, smiling, wearing a dark suit and light coloured tie, with Director of NLI, Audrey Whitty. The pair are smiling as they lean over a booklet which is perched on a wooden table in the middle of the NLI's reading room. Bookshelves adorn the walls in the background of the image, and each desk has a wooden lamp with a green reading lampshade.

ALT Singer-songwriter Sinéad White at NLI Late at the Library August 31.

ALT Performers at NLI Late at the Library August 31: Front L-R): Poet Colm Keegan, singer Sinéad White and actor Clare Monnelly (Back L-R): Poet and Performer Geoff Finan, Comedian Kevin McGahern, Poet and writer Eoin Rogers.

ALT View of sheep near lake, tent pitched nearby, possibly Connemara