Events around the country
Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute
Meeting: national council. Today, 4pm, 38 Merrion Sq.
AGM: today, 3pm.IAVI president for 2006/'07 will be invested. 38 Merrion Sq.
Seminar: economics of the Dublin housing market. Today, 5.30pm, with Loretta O'Sullivan, Davenport Hotel, D2.
Tutorial: BSc course tutorial (first, second, third and fourth years). May 6th and May 20th. DIT, Bolton St. (Kings Inn St entrance).
Seminar: speakers on investment market, going concerns, offices, pubs, retail and petrol stations. May 9th, 10am to 5.30pm. Clarion House Hotel, Sligo.
Tutorial: residential and land agency course tutorial. May 10th. National College of Ireland, IFSC.
Seminar: speakers on trading entitlements, population change in rural areas, Doha round of WTO negotiations and farm level effects of recent policy changes. May 15th, 10am to 4pm. Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.
Tutorial: residential and land agency course tutorial. May 20th. DIT, Bolton St, D1.
Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers
Meeting: education advisory committee. April 28th, 2.30pm, IPAV HQ, 29 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Details: 01-6785685.
AGM: May 12th, 11am, Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick.
Convention: annual convention. Guest speakers: Professor Roger Downer, president of the University of Limerick; Dr Sean Barrett, senior lecturer and fellow of Trinity College; and Philip O'Reilly, managing director of CRM Ltd. May 12th and 13th. Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick.
Dinner: convention dinner. Guest of honour: Minister for Justice Michael McDowell. May 12th, 8pm, Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick.
Exams: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency. Second year exams. Senior College Dún Laoghaire, Cavan Institute, Cork College of Commerce. April 28th.
Exams: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (first and second year) exams, and diploma in property management and valuation (third year) exams. May 10th-15th. Senior College Dún Laoghaire, Cavan Institute, and Cork College of Commerce.
Exams: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (first year) exams, May 13th-20th. Institutes of Technology Cork, Waterford, Tallaght, Athlone and North West Institute of Further and Higher Education, Derry.
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
CPD: practising architecture in Ireland (for architects qualified abroad and working in Ireland), May 25th and 26th, RIAI, 8 Merrion Sq. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.
Consultation: RIAI and the Simon Communities of Ireland fundraiser. Participating RIAI architects give an hour's consultation on May 27th for a €50 donation to Simon.
Engineers Ireland
CPD: project management (module one). May 3rd and 4th, Clyde Rd.
CPD: management of claims and resolution of disputes under new FIDIC conditions. May 8th and 9th, Clyde Rd.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management. Details: 01-6614677. Email:info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
John Roberts Waterford
Event: John Roberts Festival of Architecture, April 28th-30th. Details: 051-855038 or www.johnrobertswaterford.ie.
Organic Centre
Course: eco-landscaping for new sites with Marella Fyffe and Lesley O'Donnell. May 6th and 7th. Fee: €160. Information: Hans Wieland on 071-9854338 or email organiccentre@eircom.net.
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Lecture: "the buildings of Dublin, an author's perspective" by Dr Christine Casey, UCD. Today, 7.30pm, 63 Merrion Square, D2.
Irish Planning Institute
Conference: "initiatives in Irish urban and rural planning" is the theme of the national planning conference which opens with an address from the institute's president, Henk van der Kamp, and close with an address from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dick Roche. Frank McDonald, Environment Editor, The Irish Times will be guest speaker at the conference dinner. Today, April 27th and April 28th. Radisson Hotel, Sligo. Details: Tony O'Brien Communications at 087-2438584.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: Maurice Craig - 50 years of photographing architecture. Exhibition of photographs of architecture conveying the atmosphere of an Ireland of the past. Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Square until September. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Tel: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie or visit www.iarc.ie.
Lecture: photographing Irish architecture. David Davison, AIPPA, architectural photographer and historian. May 2nd at 1.15pm.
Lecture: trailing the Cloak at Portumna Castle - when the Knight sat at the feet of the master James Howley, architect and historian. May 9th, 1.15pm.
Airfield
Event: a reduce, reuse and recycle garden with Moira Byrne, May 6th, 10.30am to 1p.m. €10 includes entry to gardens and walk plus coffee. Airfield, Upr Kilmacud Rd, Dundrum, D14. Tel: 2984301.
Event: the changing face of south Co Dublin - does its heritage have a future? Peter Pearson, May 9th, 8pm. Fee: €8. Airfield, Upr Kilmacud Rd, Dundrum, D14.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch
Lecture: "the ICC rules for ADR and dispute board rules". May 8th, 11.30am, Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, D2. CPD points available.
Lecture: young members' lecture "arbitration - you don't deserve it. Alternatives from across the water." May 11th, 7pm, Royal Irish Automobile Club, 34 Dawson St. Fee: €30. CPD points available.
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