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GMIT Health and Wellbeing FairGalway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is holding its annual Health and Wellbeing Fair today from 10am to 4pm at the Dublin Road campus.

Visitors will be able to have their fitness levels checked, sample alternative therapies and treatments and receive information and advice from health-related organisations.

Participants include the Marie Keating Foundation, HSE West, HSE Addiction Counselling Services, Enable Ireland, the Asthma Society, Threshold, the Irish Cancer Society and Aids West.

UL Spring Careers Fair

The University of Limerick is holding a spring careers fair tomorrow in EGO 10 in the main campus building from noon to 3pm. Exhibitors are drawn from a wide range of employment sectors including non-profit organisations, local, regional and community development organisations, international development organisations, social services, youth work, the voluntary sector and the arts. This is an open event and all students interested in these career areas are welcome to attend. For further details e-mail: patsy.ryan@ul.ie

Corfhéile na Scoileanna 2007

Córfhéile na Scoileanna Ath Cliath is a non-competitive music festival for schoolchildren attracting entries from schools in Dublin and the surrounding counties. This festival continues today in the National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, starting at 7.45 pm.

There will also be four matinee performances during the week - today, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday from 10.30am to noon.

One of the principal aims of Córfhéile is to foster and develop a love of music in children, particularly Irish music. Córfhéile also gives parents an opportunity to see their children perform on a public platform.

Further information from: John Gearty, tel: 087 1311789 or Peter Mullan, tel: 086 2643558.

Hurling - A Vision for the Future

To celebrate the holding of the Fitzgibbon Cup in the Institute of Technology, Carlow, a seminar entitled "Hurling - A vision for the future" will be held in the college on Thursday, March 8th.

GAA commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh will chair proceedings and panel members include GAA president Nicky Brennan, DJ Carey, Liam O'Neill, current chair of the Leinster Council, and Eoin Garvey, manager of the Carlow senior hurling team.

Anyone interested in asking a question at this event can e-mail it to diarmuid.ose@itcarlow.ie

In addition to the seminar, there will be a display of new innovations in the coaching of hurling skills. Admission to this seminar is free. Contact the IT Carlow sports office - tel: (059) 9170471 - for more information.

Revision Seminars for Leaving Certificate Applied

Two revision seminars for Leaving Certificate applied mathematics students will be held in Cork on Saturday, April 21st and Saturday, April 28th.

Eight Leaving Cert topics will be explored. The seminars are organised by the Cork Branch of the Irish Mathematics Teachers Association. For further information contact Mary Sheahan, Bishopstown Community School, Cork.

Lecture on Secondary Education in Meath Noel French is giving a talk entitled "Secondary Education in Meath 1600-1986" on Sunday, March 11th at 3pm in St Mary's Church of Ireland, Navan. The event is being organised by the Meath Archaeological and Historical Society and the Meath Shamrock Festival. It is the Oliver Coogan Commerative Lecture. (Oliver Coogan was a much loved and respected teacher at Dunshaughlin Community College, who died unexpectedly in 2005.). The talk will deal with the developemnt of second-level education and the impact of free education. Noel French is a mature student at NUI Maynooth. All welcome.

Stress Relief for Teachers Seminar

"Stress Relief for Teachers: The Coping Triangle" is the titlte of a seminar by Dr Claire Hayes to be given at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin on Monday March 12th at 3.30pm in Room E233. Admission is free but booking is advisable. Tel: (01) 884 2048. E-mail: inservice@spd.dcu.ie. Full details at www.spd.dcu.ie/inservice

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