** Current and future treatments for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will be explained at a public talk on Thursday in the Lucena Clinic, 59 Orwell Road, Rathgar. The speaker is Prof Eric Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at King’s College, London. Admission is free but advanced booking essential. Tel: 01-4923596
** Men Against Cancer, a support group for men with prostate or testicular cancer, will hold its first general public meeting on Saturday from 11am-1.30pm in the Aisling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8. The keynote speaker is Prof Louis Denis, a Belgian urologist and oncologist who is a prostate cancer survivor. For more details, tel: 087-3572306.
** Reiki teacher Patricia Sheehan will give an introductory course in the energy healing technique on Mondays, May 9th and 16th, 9.30am-5.30pm at 102 Castleknock Park, Dublin 15. Cost €210. Tel: 01-8202116, or see reikiforall.org.
** A 10km charity walk for LauraLynn House, Ireland’s first children’s hospice, will start from Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel, Killiney, Co Dublin, at 11am on Sunday, May 15th. Sponsorship cards available from Niall Delaney, tel: 01-2873821; niall@delaneycommunications.com
** One Family, the national organisation for one-parent families, is hosting a free fun day in Iveagh Gardens (off Harcourt Street, Dublin 2) on Sunday, May 15th, to promote family diversity. Families are encouraged to take their own picnics and participate in art and craft workshops, sports and storytelling activities Families around the country are invited to participate by holding their own events too. Familyday.ie.
