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- Elements: The Beauty of Chemistry is the summer exhibition at the Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin

- 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.

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- 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.

Sylvia Thompson

Sylvia Thompson

Sylvia Thompson, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes about health, heritage and the environment