A COUPLE of people were banned from Rhyl Library for taking drugs at the premises, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed.

This ban was enforced on March 1, 2024 for a period of three months, applying only to Rhyl Library, which is based on Church Street.

The Journal/Free Press asked Denbighshire County Council to disclose the number of people banned from its libraries since 2021, as well as incident description pertaining to each ban.

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In response, the council said that three bans have been issued at its libraries in that time, including the two at Rhyl Library earlier this year.

A third ban was imposed at Denbigh Library, on Hall Square, on April 1, 2023 for “inappropriate behaviour” which was said to be “alcohol-related”.

Again, this ban applied for three months and only to Denbigh Library, rather than all of the county’s libraries.

The council changed its library opening times as of June 1 following numerous responses to a public consultation to fit each individual library’s needs on a case-by-case basis.