AN INTERNATIONAL conference on Shakespeare's shifting relationship with Ireland will take place this weekend at TCD - on Sunday, a theatre panel including Gerry Stembridge and Patrick Mason will discuss recent Irish productions of Macbeth - phone 01-6082301 for details ... The second Poetry Now festival takes place this weekend in Dun Laoghaire. Participants include Paul Durcan, Paula Meehan, Dermot Healy and Rita Anne Higgins - ring 01-2054700 for details ... Dutch installation artist Danielle Karay, who has transformed Temple Bar Gallery into a hybrid between a hospital clinic and a clothing boutique, is giving a talk on her exhibition at the gallery at 1.15 p.m today ...