A Competition for young people who want to express their views on the subject of computers and libraries are invited to write an essay in either Irish or English on this burning issue. The title of the essay is Is the computer the libraries best friend? An e an riomhaire an cara is fearr ag an leabharlann? and the competition is organised by An Chomhairle Leabharlanna in association with
The Irish Times and International Education Services.
There are two categories - under 14 and under 18 years of age. Winners will receive a trophy courtesy of The Irish Times and a book prize from International Education Services, which is based in Leixlip, Co Kildare. The winning essay in each category will be published in The Irish Times. The closing date for receipt of entries - which must be original material and They can be hand-written or typed, be in English or Irish and should be forwarded to your local public library, or The Director, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna, 53-54 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, tel (01) 6761167; fax (01) 6766 721 or e-mail libcounc@iol.ie
Entrants should print their name, address and date of birth on the entry form and mark the envelope Essay Competition. The rules of the competition are available from An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.
Physics students will be interested to know that leading writer, photographer and broadcaster Dr Adam Hart-Davis will deliver the Tyndall lecture next Monday, Feb 14th at 2.30 p.m. at the RDS Concert Hall in Dublin.The topic is Local Heroes and Pioneers of Physics . The lecture, which is organised by the RDS and the Irish branch of the Institute of Physics, is aimed at second-level students. Tickets are priced at £1 each. Doors open at 2.00 p.m.
Plunkett College Whitehall, Dublin, will have an information evening today for those who want to apply for PLC courses. The session will run between 4.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.
Leaving Cert students will have an opportunity to see a new print of The Third Man, - issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the film's release - in several centres around the State over the coming weeks. The screenings are organised by the Film Institute of Ireland and tickets cost between £2 and £3, depending on the venue.
The Third Man is on the revised English syllabus which will be examined in June 2001. The film studies the nature of friendship, the pursuit of truth and the seduction of evil. Holly Martins, played by Joseph Cotton, thinks he knows all about Harry Lime, who is played by Orson Welles. Over the course of the film he discovers unpleasant truths about his friend and comes to understand that the "real" world is a good deal more complicated that he has thought. The first screening will be at Limerick's Omniplex on February 22nd; it will be in Nenagh's Ormond on the 25th; in the Ennis Empire Movieplex on the 29th; in Galway's Town Hall Theatre on Friday, March 3rd; at Waterford's Garter Lane Arts Centre on the 7th; in Kilkenny's Cineplex on the 10th; in Dublin's IFC on the 14th, 15th and 16th; in Cork on the 21st and in Athlone's IMC on the 24th. For more information contact the FII at (01) 679 5744 or fax (01) 677 8755 or email education@ifc.ie
