8:00 AM – 7:30 PM Monday – Friday
12:30 PM – 5:00 PM Saturday

Please see library admissions for further opening hours information.

No bags may be brought into the library. Please use the lockers provided in the entrance hall, bringing valuables into the library with you.

Students may take out 2 books at a time.

The borrowing period is 4 days.

It is not possible to renew books at present. Books must be returned to a staff member at the agreed time. This is to ensure maximum circulation of books.

Yes. The fine for late return of books is €5 per book per day. This is strictly enforced.

The library is a member of the British Library Document Supply Service. Please see Library services page for further details or talk to a member of library staff.

The student card is primarily an ID card which allows you to access certain areas of King’s Inns. It also acts as a printing and photocopying credit card. Students must carry their ID cards with them at all times.

Put your student card in the card reader beside the photocopier/printer before photocopying/printing as normal. There are two photocopiers and one printer located in the library, and 3 printers located in the computer room in the main building.

A card credit dispenser is located outside the library reading room door and in the main building.

The library subscribes to the following online databases: Firstlaw, WestlawIE, WestlawUK, Justis (Justcite can be accessed through this database), Lexis Nexis Butterworths (Halsbury's Laws of England and Irish Property Law Direct can be accessed through this database). Please see the Library Guide for further information.

The library purchases the Irish Times and the (London) Times on week-days. Newspapers are located on a stand near Bay C.