Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037; e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie.
IPAV
Event: convention weekend, May 9th-10th, Grand Hotel, Malahide. Guest speakers: John Tierney, Dublin City Manager, and Pat Falvey, explorer.
Meeting: EGM, May 10th, 10.30am, Grand Hotel, Malahide.
Meeting: AGM, May 10th, 11.30am, Grand Hotel, Malahide.
Dinner: convention dinner, May 10th, 8pm. Guest of Honour: Brian Cowen TD. Grand Hotel, Malahide.
Exams: cert in auctioneering and estate agency, and diploma in property management and valuation (third year). May 9th, 12th and 14th. Senior College Dún Laoghaire and Cork College of Commerce.
Exams: cert in auctioneering and estate agency. May 10th, 12th, 14th and 17th. ITs Cork, Waterford, Tallaght, Athlone and Galway. Details: 01 678 5685 or e-mail: info@ipav.ie.
IAVI
Course: BSc lectures, May 10th, DIT Bolton St.
Course: residential and land agency course lectures, May 10th, DIT, Bolton St, D1.
Seminar: Northern Ireland regional seminar - new developments. Speaker: Eric Cairns. May 21st, 7.30pm, Dunadry Hotel.
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Lecture: Franciscan friary architecture in late medieval Ireland. Speaker: Dr Michael O'Neill. Today. Details: 01 6761749.
Irish Property Owners Association
Course: professional training in residential property rental in Ireland. Details: 01 827 6000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie or www.ipoa.ie.
RIAI
Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01 6691 472.
Institute of Project Management
Course: international cert. Details: 01 661 4677 or e-mail info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Course: diploma in applied project management - Dublin, Cork and Galway.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch
Seminar: dispute resolution procedures for public works (GCCC) and private contracts, April 30th. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.
Course: mediation accreditation training and assessment course, June 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th. Assessment on July 4th and 5th. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.
Organic Centre
Event: biodiversity day, May 25th, 11am to 6pm. Details: 071 9854338.
Course: how to live the good life, July 21st to 25th. Fee: €690. Details: 071 9854338 or e-mail: info@theorganiccentre.ie or visit www.theorganiccentre.ie.
Dublin Civic Trust
Course: brickwork conservation. May 12th & 13th, Drimnagh Castle. Details: 01 475 6911.
Irish Complimentary Educational Systems
Workshop: property masterclass, May 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st, September 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.
Event: Cork property discovery programme, May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Event: CPD young professionals conference, April 25th, Radisson SAS Hotel, Little Island, Cork. E-mail: jandersson@cpaireland.cie or visit www.cpaireland.ie.
Event: CPA annual conference. Speakers: John McGuinness, TD; Jim Miley (Myhome.ie); Derek Hughes (Hughes & Hughes). May 23rd, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin. E-mail: jandersson@cpaireland.ie.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: North by north-west - the life and work of Liam McCormick. Till July 4th.
Lecture: An architectural life, Paul Larmour, reader, School of Architecture, Queen's University, Belfast. April 29th, 1.15pm.
Irish Construction
Event: Building Services - all about the costs. May 15th, Croke Park, D3.
Conference: Sustainabuild 2008, June 12th, O'Reilly Hall, UCD, Belfield, D4.
