ME LECTURES: Microbiologist and researcher into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Dr Jonathan Kerr, will give two public lectures on current research into the condition in the Mont Clare Hotel, Dublin on Saturday at 2.30pm and in the Granville Hotel, Waterford on Sunday at 2.30pm. Admission is €5.
The ME Support Group in Galway will host a talk entitled Living with ME by Dr Charles Shepherd in the Courtyard Hotel, Galway at 3pm on Saturday, May 20th. ME Awareness Week runs from May 6th-13th. Tel: 01 2350965 or e-mail info@irishmecfs.org for more details.
• TEA DAY: Some 35,000 people suffer from dementia in Ireland, of which Alzheimer's disease is the most common. Thursday is the Alzheimer Society's annual fundraising Tea Day. Its advocacy service, currently being piloted in North Dublin, offers sufferers an advocate who will help them access their entitlements and assert their rights. See www.alzheimer.ie for more details.
• CHANGE OF LIFE: Changing Habits - Create the Life You Want to Live is the theme of a one-day seminar by American clairvoyant and author Walter Makichen. It will be held in the Yoga Room, 262 Merrion Road, Dublin on Saturday, May 13th from 10am-4.30pm. Cost €100. Inquiries to info@yoga.ie or tel: 01 2196666.