* The next six-week Stop Smoking Course run by the Preventative Medicine Unit at St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4 starts tonight at 6.45pm.Booking on tel: 01 2214958 or email f.conlan@svuh.ie
* The Bray Women’s Refuge is holding a seminar on Elder Abuse as a Domestic Violence Issue on Wednesday, April 18th from 9am to 4pm in the Wilton (formerly Ramada) Hotel, Southern Cross road, Bray, Co Wicklow. Cost €35. Booking on tel: 01 2866163.
* The Senior Helpline is a confidential listening service for older people run by trained older volunteers. It operates every day on 1850 440444 for the price of a local call. See thirdageireland.iefor more details.
* Take a free tour of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4 and find out what happens to your blood sample, throat swab or skin biopsies. The event, which is part of Dublin City of Science, runs from 11am-7pm on Monday, April 16th. Booking essential at DCOS@svuh.ie or tel: 01 221 4613 (numbers are limited).
* The free Minding the Mind public lecture series held annually in St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Dublin begins next Monday at 8pm with a talk on Psychological Wellbeing: Bad Emotions are Good for You by Dr Colin Gallagher, clinical psychologist. For more details, see stjohnofgodhospital.ieor tel: 01 2771400.
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