Marthy McCarron's radio documentary Who is Izzy Baia?, which won this year's Prix Italia, will be transmitted on Thursday at 2.45 p.m. on RTE Radio 1 to launch a series of new radio documentaries. It will be repeated the following Wednesday at 8.02 p.m. The documentary explores the relationship between Brian O'Connor, a young Galway man with an autistic disability and Kevin Whelan, his carer for several hours each evening, five days a week. The programme accompanies them on a typical evening in Galway.
Teenagers: How To Speak Their Language is the title of the final talk in an Empowering Parents series hosted by GlaxoWellcome Ireland. Dr Terence Larkin, consultant psychiatrist, will cover topics such as how to talk openly and honestly in a non-confrontational manner with teenagers and how to deal with peer pressure. There is no admission charge to the talk, which begins at 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the GlaxoWellcome Medical Centre, Grange Road, Rathfarnham.
Cuidiu, the Irish Childbirth Trust presents a free public lecture tomorrow; The Cultural Aspect of Childbirth by Rachel Patton, obstetrician/gynecologist, in the Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Cork at 8.15 p.m. Further details from Anne on (021) 821070.
The T'ai-Chi Ch'uan Association is holding a new beginners class at 8 p.m. this evening in the St Andrew's Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Tel (01) 6771930.
Focusing on Dreams is the title of a two-day interactive workshop with psychologist Prof Eugene Gendlin next Saturday and Sunday in the Grand Hotel, Malahide. Numbers are limited to ensure that participants will have the opportunity of working directly with Prof Gendlin. Tickets at 250 are available from the Irish Focusing Centre (01) 4513207.
The Sunday Jam is a weekly musical fund-raiser in aid of the Dublin Simon Community. The afternoons start at 4 p.m. and run for about two hours in Potter's Bar, Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin.
Smokers who give up the habit during 1997 can enter a recently-launched annual achievement award, The Nicorette Stop-Smoking Achievement Award. The award has been designed to motivate smokers who want to give up cigarettes, to encourage them to feel good about quitting and the benefits in relation to their health. The overall winner will receive a holiday for two in Mexico; there will also be two runnerup prizes of weekends away for two in Ireland. Entry forms are available from pharmacies or by calling Nicorette on 1850451995 (all calls charged at local rate). Entries must be received on or before December 1st, 1997.