Health board

Prof Dermot Kenny from the clinical research centre in Beaumont Hospital will discuss the latest diagnostic techniques used in cardiovascular disease at a free public lecture tomorrow at 7pm in the Royal College of Surgeons, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

Audio recording of this and other lectures in the mini-med open lecture series are available on rcsi.ie/ minimed after each talk.

Facing the Future: Voices of Experience – Insights, Reflections and Perspectives on Where Ireland goes Next is the first in a series of public lectures on next Tuesday, February 1st, at 6.30pm in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St, Dublin.

Contributors include historian Dr Margaret Mac Curtain and former governor of Mountjoy Prison, John Lonergan. Booking on e-mail: info@ageandopportunity.ie or tel: 01-8057709.

CoisCéim Dance Theatre and Dublin City Council are offering people over 50 years of age 90-minute dance classes in five venues across Dublin in February and March. Classes will run over eight weeks and cost €3 per class. For details, see Coisceim.com or tel: 01-8780558.

Parents can learn how to help their children improve their social skills at an information evening, entitled Getting In – Getting Along, hosted by a team of speech and language therapists next Tuesday, February 1st, at 7pm in the Lucena Clinic, Rathgar, Dublin. Admission is free but places must be booked at tel: 01-4923596 or e-mail Marie.McCourt@sjog.ie.

Working with Grief, Loss and Growth is a certificate course for healthcare and human resources professionals over eight weekends, starting on February 12th. The course is run by the Irish Institute for Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies at Turning Point, 23 Crofton Road, Dún Laoghaire, tel: 01-2801603 or visit turningpoint.ie.