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Dates for your diary.

Lunchtime Lecture at the Hunt Museum Limerick

Fiona Marron will give a lecture on "Abstract Art" today at 1 p.m. in the Hunt Museum Limerick. Her talk will focus on the processes behind the creation of abstract and conceptual art. Marron's exhibition, entitled "Passages", is on view in the Hunt Museum Gallery. Admisssion is free

University College Cork 'Last Lecture' Series

UCC's Faculty of Science public lecture series to mark Cork European Capital of Culture for 2005 continues tomorrow with "Has Science Supplanted Religion?" by Prof John Polkinghorne KBE, FRS, Cambridge University. The lecture takes place at 8 p.m. in the Boole IV Lecture Theatre. Admission is free.

Waterford Institute of Technology Public Lecture

One of Europe's leading Catholic theologians, Prof James Patrick Mackey, emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh and honorary professor at Trinity College Dublin will deliver the latest in a series of public lectures at Waterford Institute of Technology tomorrow at 8 p.m.

Admission €10 (concession: €8). For tickets tel: (051) 302040. E-mail: ace@wit.ie

Schools' History Prize

The annual all-Ireland project essay competition for secondary- school history students is inviting applications in the junior, middle and senior categories in areas of Irish, European and local history. For information on entering see www.tcd.ie/Modern_History/Events/schools.php or send e-mail queries to historyprize@tcd.ie

The Irish Times Debate - Semi-finals

The semi-finals of The Irish Times debating competition continue tonight in DCU and tomorrow night in TCD, with the last semi-final in Letterkenny IT on Saturday, February 19th. The final takes place on Wednesday, March 2nd in UCD. For information on motions and to attend see www.ireland.com/education/debate or e-mail: debates@irish-times.ie

Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI)

The 30th annual ESAI conference will be hosted by the Education Department, University College Cork, from March 10th to 12th. The conference theme is "Celebrating Educational Research in Ireland: Retrospect and Prospect". Educationalists from all sectors of the education system are invited. Details from the ESAI website: http://www.esai.ie/ Annual Conference.htm

UCD Industrial Relations Lecture

Prof Colin Crouch (University of Warwick/European University Institute Florence) will give a public lecture entitled "Industrial Relations in the New Europe" on Thursday, February 24th at 5 p.m. in Theatre L, Arts Building, UCD Belfield. For further details contact the Department of Industrial Relations & HR. E-mail: Roland.Erne@ucd.ie

Mobile Phone and Internet Safety Talk in Limerick

"Internet and mobile phone safety: A positive approach for parents and young people" is the title of a talk by Dr Rachel O'Connell, director of Research at the Cyberspace Research Unit at University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), organised by the Castletroy College Parents' Association. All are welcome to attend the talk at 8 p.m. on February 22nd. Admission is free.

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