Diary

IRISH ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVEExhibition: collection building, an exhibition from the holdings of the Irish Architectural Archive. Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, 45 Merrion Sq, D2. Tel: 01-6633040. E-mail: info@iarc.ie. Web: www.iarc.ie.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course: project management framework. May 18th and 19th.

Course: diploma in applied project management. Recommences: Cork and Dublin - September 2005. Details: 6614677. E-mail info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.

ORGANIC CENTRE

Course: woodland management with Steven Meyen in association with Teagasc. May 21st, 10am to 5pm. One-day course on techniques and practical sessions. Fee: €50.

Course: home composting and waste reduction with Brenda Palmer. June 18th. Organic Centre Course, Airfield House, Dundrum, Dublin 14. Fee: €85.

Course: natural building, Q&A with Peter Cowman, director of the Living Architecture Centre. One-day course. May 28th. Fee: €75.

Course: how to green your home. June 11th. Fee: €75.

Course: dry stone wall construction. June 18th and 19th. Fee: €140.

Course: growing and cooking unusual vegetables with Organic Centre chef Mairead Ni Uiginn. September 10th. Details: 071-9854338. E-mail: organiccentre@eircom.net or www.theorganiccentre.ie.

Seminar: radon - the invisible problem. Speaker: David Fenton. May 19th, 5.30pm. 38 Merrion Sq, D2.

Tutorials: BSc course tutorials (first, second, third and fourth years). May 21st. DIT, Bolton St, D1 (King's Inn St entrance).

Tutorials: residential and land agency course tutorial. May 21st. DIT, Bolton St, D1 (Kings Inn St entrance).

Seminar: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: affordable housing in Northern Ireland. Speaker: Alan Crowe. May 24th, 7.30pm. Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick.

Seminar: home energy rating. Speaker: Michael Hanratty. May 25th, 10am. Western Arms Hotel, Monaghan.

Seminar: the A-Z of rent reviews. Speaker: Paul Good. May 25th, 10am. The Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow.

National council: national council meeting. May 27th, 4.30pm. River Court Hotel, Kilkenny.

INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS IN IRELAND

CPD: designing for safety in construction. May 17th, Cork.

CPD: project planning for graduate engineers. May 17th. Bewleys Hotel, D4.

CPD: technical report writing. May 17th and 18th. Cork.

CPD: project management - module one. May 18th and 19th. Cork.

CPD: financial training for engineers. May 19th. Holiday Inn, D2.

CPD: international contracts course. May 19th and 20th. McEniff Hotel, D4.

CPD: design for safety in construction. June 1st. Jurys Inn, Limerick.

CPD: quantities and estimating. June 8th and 9th. Bewley's Hotel, D4.

CPD: project management - module two. June 15th and 16th. Cork.

CPD: designing for safety in construction. July 7th. IEI, Clyde Rd, D4.

CPD: designing for safety in construction. July 21st. IEI, Clyde Rd, D4.

Lecture: Roads & Transportation Society jointly with civil division - South Eastern Motorway, the road delivered. Presenter John McDaid, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. May 25th, 6.30pm. Room 243, second floor, UCD Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2.

Examinations: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (part-time route for mature students). May 14th and 21st. All centres.

Examinations: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency and diploma in property management and valuation for full-time students. May 16th, 17th and 18th. Senior College Dún Laoghaire, Cavan College of Further Studies and Cork College of Commerce.

AGM: IPAV AGM. May 20th, 11am. Radisson SAS, Sligo.

Convention: annual convention. Guest speakers: Pat Delaney, director, Small Firms Association and Dan McLoughlin, chief economist, Bank of Ireland. May 20th-21st. The Radisson SAS, Sligo.

Dinner: convention dinner. Guest of honour: Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. May 20th, 8pm. Radisson SAS, Sligo.

Graduation: presentation of certificates and diplomas to graduates of IPAV's fine and decorative arts courses. May 27th, 6 30pm. St Stephen's Green Club, Dublin 2.

SENIOR COLLEGE DÚN LAOGHAIRE

Courses: interior design - RHODEC. First year, mornings only. Landscape and garden design - BTEC degree progression. Auctioneering - IPAV. Details: 1800-2655343. E-mail: info@scd.ie or see www.scd.ie.

THE INSTITUTE OF CLERK OF WORKS & BUILDING INSPECTORS IN IRELAND

Conference: annual conference, May 18th. Morning speakers: Dr Thomas Brennan, John McCarthy, Billy Houlihan and Mark McGoldrick. Afternoon speakers: Padraig Carroll, Tim O'Neill and David Rossiter. Ard Ri Hotel, Waterford. May 19th: visit to manufacturing companies Smart Ply and Moy Isover. Fee: €250 (members), €395 (non-members). Details: Michael Bradley at 091-581727.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL

Clare Biodiversity Day: a fun-packed family day out to celebrate all forms of life - wild and domestic, large and small, native and exotic and the places where they live. The day will include woodland and river walks to discover the animals, trees and plants of Dromore woods and the Ennis Anglers will provide boat trips on the lake to discover what lives there. May 22nd. Speaker: Eanna Ni Lamhna. Dromore Woods, Co Clare. Details:ekeegan@clarecoco.ie or 065-6846456.

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 6758037;

e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie