- Elements: The Beauty of Chemistryis the summer exhibition at the Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin. It includes hands-on experiments for children, artworks and artifacts celebrating the periodic table. Opening hours: Tues-Fri, noon-8pm, Sat/Sun noon-6pm. Adm free. sciencegallery.com
- Jigsaw, the free confidential service for young people with mental health problems, has a new hub on Fairgreen Road (across from coach station), Galway city. The service is part of the national programme developed by Headstrong, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health. Tel: 091-549252, jigsaw.ie/galway
- A new web-based accommodation service, rotationlocation.ie has been set up to help landlords advertise and junior doctors find short-term accommodation close to hospitals in towns and cities across Ireland. It has been set up by businessman Niall McDermott and his brother, Dr Cian McDermott, who is a specialist registrar in emergency medicine at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin.
- Thirty engineering, medical and biomedical engineering students from universities across Europe are designing the next-generation medical devices at a European Summer School in Trinity College Dublin this week. This is the third year that the European Society for Engineering and Medicine event has been held in TCD.
- Do you find it difficult to find the time to get out and exercise since having your baby? The solution may be to go to a class designed for you and your buggy. Classes are at Phoenix Park, Shangannagh Park in Shankill, and starting soon at Marlay Park, Dublin. The fee is €100 for 12 classes over six weeks. See yummymummies.ie
- Learning to Reach Out: Young People, Mental Health Literacyand the Internet is a new report on how young people understand and use online mental health resources safely. See reachout.com.
