IRISH AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS INSTITUTEMeeting: national council. January 26th, 2.30pm, at 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
INSTITUTE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Course: diploma in applied project management. Details: 01-6614677. Email:info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
ENGINEERS IRELAND
CPDs: organisational skills for engineers. February 1st, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: designing for safety in construction. February 8th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: project management - module one. February 9th and 10th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: maintenance management for engineers. February 14th and 15th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: project management - module one. Limerick. February 14th and 15th.
CPD: quantities and estimating. February 16th and 17th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Course: chairing meetings. February 22nd, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Evening Lecture: Caomhnu Uisce - In Eirinn le Dr Sean O hOgain. This lecture will deal with some technologies that assist in the conservation of water and result in a more sustainable sanitation programme. It will examine reeds bed technology, rainwater harvesting and compost toilets - 2 Feabhra, 8pm. Lathair: 22 Bothar Cluaidhe, Baile Atha Cliath 4 (22 Clyde Road, Dublin 4). Tuilleadh eolais o: Seoirse Mac Craith 01-2895465
BRAY INSTITUTE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Courses: furniture design (FETAC level two) one-year course.
Course: garden design (FETAC level two) one-year course.
Course:, graphic design, fashion design (FETAC level two), one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma, two-year degree progression. Details: 01-2866233.
SENIOR COLLEGE DÚN LAOGHAIRE
Courses: interior design, RHODEC, first year, mornings only. Landscape and garden design. BTEC degree progression. Auctioneering (IPAV). Details: 1800 2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
ORGANIC CENTRE
Courses: planting a small woodland with Steven Meyen (Teagasc). February 4th. Fee: €60.
Course: living willow structures with Greenmantle. March 4th and 5th. Fee: €160.
Course: gardening for wildlife with Miriam Crowly and Barbara McInerney. March 12th. Cost: €80.
Course: creating a wild flower area or meadow with EcoSeeds. April 8th. Fee: €80. All courses are from 10am to 5pm with lunch in the Grass Roof Cafe included. For information and bookings call 071-9854338 or email: organiccentre@eircom.net or visit www.theorganiccentre.ie.
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING
CPD: accessibility for the built environment. Workshop on accessibility and universal access guidelines for the built environment. Speaker: Eoin O'Herlihy (National Disability Authority) and PJ Hogan (Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind). January 27th, 9pm registration. CIF, Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Co Cork. Cost: €85. Fee: €85. Email: Philip O'Sullivan at philip_osullivan@corkcity.ie.
INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS
Graduations: education awards ceremony to graduates of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. February 8th: Institute of Technology, Tallaght, 6pm. Details: info@ipav.ie.
Lectures: advanced series of lectures in fine and decorative arts. Starts February 1st. Series of eight lectures exclusively available to graduates of IPAV's fine and decorative arts courses. Lectures: Wednesday evenings at IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Contact: 01-6785685.
Course: fine and decorative art certificate course commences February 7th. Subjects include the histories of furniture, painting, architecture and interiors, silver and glass. Also covered are Oriental rugs, costume, public sculpture and ceramics. Lectures held two evenings per week at IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2.
Meeting: national executive council. February 17th, 4.30pm. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Contact: 01-6785685 or visit www.ipav.ie.
GARDEN & LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION
Seminar: annual seminar. Landscape polygamy: marrying the client, the site and the designer. February 11th. Clinton Auditorium, University College, Dublin. Contact: GLDA office, 73 Deerpark Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin. Tel: 01 2781824. Email: info@glda.ie or visit www.glda.ie.
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
Course: University of Limerick, Department of Lifelong Learning and outreach property investment course - location, location, location. An eight-week course commencing February 14th until April 4th, 7.30pm to 9.30pm every Tuesday night. Course director: Mary FitzGerald. Further information or to book a place contact 061-202530/202047. Email: lifelonglearning@ul.ie or visit www.ul.ie/dllo.
IRISH ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE
Exhibition: painting Ireland - topographical views from Glin Castle. Painting and drawing representing the provinces of Connacht, Leinster and Ulster from the collection of art historian Desmond FitzGerald, Knight of Glin. Exhibition will run until early April 2006. Opening Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm. Admission: free. Venue: Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Details: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie or visit www.iarc.ie.
IRISH ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION
Lecture: the Irish Architecture Foundation and Hamilton Osborne King will hold a public lecture in Dublin by 2005 Pritzker architecture prize laureate, American architect Thom Mayne from Santa Monica, California. January 31st at 7pm. National Concert Hall. Admission: free.
Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;
e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie
