DIARY

Some dates for yoru diary

IPAV

Event:convention weekend, May 9th-10th, Grand Hotel, Malahide. Convention: May 10th, 2.30pm. Speakers: John Tierney, Dublin City Manager; Owen ONeill, Anglo Irish Bank; Pat Falvey, explorer.

Meeting:EGM, May 10th, 10.30am. Grand Hotel, Malahide.

Meeting: AGM, May 10th, 11.30am. Grand Hotel, Malahide.

Dinner:convention dinner, May 10th, 8pm. Guest of Honour: Brian Lenihan TD. Grand Hotel, Malahide.

Exams:cert in auctioneering and estate agency (first and second year) and diploma in property management and valuation (third year). May 9th, 12th and 14th. Senior College Dún Laoghaire Cork College of Commerce.

Exams:cert in auctioneering and estate agency (first and second year exams). May 10th, 12th, 14th and 17th. ITs Cork, Waterford, Tallaght, Athlone and Galway.

IAVI

Course:BSc lectures (first to fourth years) May 10th, DIT, Bolton St, D1.

Course:residential and land agency lectures (first and second years). May 10th, DIT, Bolton St, D1.

Seminar:Northern Ireland regional seminar - new developments. Speaker: Eric Cairns. May 21st, 7.30pm, Dunadry Hotel.

Seminar:VAT changes on property transactions, May 12th, 9.30am. Speakers: Vincent McCullagh and Donal Kennedy. College of Physicians, Kildare St, D2.

Irish Property Owners Association

Course:residential property rental. Tel: 01 827 6000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie, www.ipoa.ie.

Institute of Project Management

Course:diploma in applied project management. Dublin, Cork - September.

Course:project management passport. Dublin, Limerick (Sept), Cork (Oct).

Course:project management framework. Dublin: May 20th/21st and June 12th/13th.

Course:international certification.

Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education

Course:architectural technology and design, furniture design and manufacture and construction technology, FETAC awards. Tel: 01 280 9676 or www.dlcfe.ie.

RIAI

Course:health and safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01 6691 472.

Senior College Dun Laoghaire

Course:sustainable and ecological design.

Course:facilities and property management.

Course:interior design.

Course:garden design.

Course:landscape design.

Course:auctioneering.

Course: health safety.

Dublin Civic Trust

Course:conservation of brickwork. May 12th 13th, Drimnagh Castle. Tel: 01 475 6911.

National Irish Safety Organisation

Course:safety representative course. May 12th-14th (NISO, Ballymount, D12) and June 4th-6th (Marino Inst of Education, D9).

Course:manual handling instructor and assessor course, May 12th-14th May 19th-20th (Marino Inst of Education, D9).

Course:manual handling instructor assessor refresher course. May 13th-14th (Marino Inst of Education, D9).

Course:NISO OSH cert, from September 1st (Marino Inst of Education, D9), from October 7th (NISO, Ballymount, D12).

Course:safe pass training. May 21st /June 4th (Marino Inst of Education, D9). Every Friday: NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course:basic manual handling, May 13th (Marino Inst of Education, D9) and May 15th (NISO, Ballymount, D12).

Course:occupational first aid refresher course, May 15th (Marino Inst of Education, D9) and May 23rd (NISO, Ballymount, D12).

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch

Course:mediation accreditation, training and assessment course, June 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th. Assessment: July 4th-5th. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.

Event:golf, Powerscourt Golf Club, June 13th, 2.30pm. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.

Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Event:CPA annual conference - shaping an entrepreneurial world. Speakers: Minister John McGuinness; Jim Miley (Myhome.ie); Derek Hughes (Hughes Hughes). May 23rd, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin. E-mail: jandersson@cpaireland.ie or www.cpaireland.ie.

Ballsbridge College of Further Education

Course:auctioneering. Tel: 01 668 4806, e-mail info@ballsbridge.cdvec.ie or www.ballsbridgecollege.com.

Organic Centre

Event:biodiversity day, May 25th. Tel: 071 985 4338.

Course:how to live the good life. July 21st to 25th. Tel: 071 985 4338.

Irish Complimentary Educational Systems

Workshop:property masterclass, May 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st, September 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.

Event:Cork property discovery programme, May 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.

Construction Industry Federation

Event:Galway CIF branch, golf, May 24th, Oughterard Golf Club. Tel: Gillian Ross at 091 502 680.

Conference:FIEC international construction conference and congress. June 19th-21st. Tel: 01 295 8181 or www.fiecdublin.com.

Course:new public sector contracts, May 13th. Tel: 01 406 6009.

Irish Architectural Archive

Exhibition:North by north-west - the life and work of Liam McCormick. Till July 4th.

Irish Construction

Event:building services - all about the costs. May 15th, Croke Park Stadium, D3.

Conference:Sustainabuild 2008, June 12th, OReilly Hall, UCD, Belfield, D4.

Pearse College of Further Education

Course:architectural draughting CAD.

Course:architectural technology and design.

Architectural Association of Ireland

Exhibition:23rd Architectural Association of Ireland awards exhibition. May 13th to 30th. Irish Architecture Archive, 45 Merrion Sq, D2. Irish Planning Institute

CPD:social and affordable housing, May 22nd, Wynge Room, Gresham Hotel, OConnell St, D1. E-mail: dscully@rpg.ie.

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037; e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie