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IYPE - Du Noyer Photo Competition

"On the trail of the Arctic fox" - Polar exhibition

"Seeing the universe in a grain of sand" by Prof. Monica Grady

"Life and the Earth: interlocking histories" by Professor Aubrey Manning

Official Launch of IYPE

"Life and the Earth: interlocking histories" by Professor Aubrey Manning

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"Modelling Ireland's changing climate" by Dr Peter Lynch

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"A world transformed - the consequences of climate change and human land use" by Pr. Wolfgang Lucht

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"Living with a star" by Dr Robert W. Walsh

"Visit to raised beach at Graball Bay, Crosshaven" with Dr Bettie Higgs

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

School Challenge Day at W5, Belfast

"Drilling into the memory of Earth" by Prof. Yoshiyuki Tatsumi

Three students will represent Ireland at a major UNESCO conference in Paris in February.

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

"A history of biodiversity" by Dr Richard Fortey

"Repositioning geography and repositioning Ireland for a climate of change" by Dr. John Sweeney

"Six common kinds of rocks from Ireland" - Public launch of the rock set for schools

"A history of biodiversity" by Dr Richard Fortey

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

"Technological solutions: grey clouds and silver linings" - Speaker TBC

“Volcano Diversity: why some volcanoes are more hazardous than others” by Prof. John Gamble and Dr. Bettie Higgs

51st Irish Geological Research Meeting

"Energy and the Irish climate - Harnessing the Irish climate for energy"

"Snowball, Slushball or Zipper-rift: the Earth system as a roller-coaster in Neoproterozoic times" by Prof. Ian Fairchild, University of Birmingham

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

Irish Water Waste & Environment, Irish Recycling & Waste Management Seminar

 “Ice over Ireland: minimum dimensions and deglaciation chronology of the last Irish ice sheet” by Prof. Colin Ballantyne (St. Andrews University)

"Towards reducing Green House Gas emissions from agriculture" by Mike B Jones, School of Natural Sciences, TCD

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

"Gain V Pain - Political and economic consequences and options" by Mr Michael Zammit Cutajar

"Landscapes of Ice Age Ireland" by Prof. Chris D. Clark

"Landscapes of Ice Age Ireland" by Prof. Chris D. Clark

"Strangford Rocks in International Year of Planet Earth - our landscape, the past and the future" by Tony Bazley

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

The Goldilocks World, RTE Radio 1, 10pm

"The Geologist in the field - the reality" by Darragh Musgrave, B.Sc. White Young Green

European Space Agency - Earth Observations Briefing Session

Blueprint TV series (1/3), BBC One NI, 9pm

Blueprint website

Eureka Schools Newspaper Supplement

"Climate change impact in arid regions” by Dr Bridget Scanlon

"Blueprint: Off the beaten track" TV series (1/3), BBC One NI, 10.40pm

“Monitoring the Irish Climate” by Liam Keegan, Met Eireann

Blueprint Experience (1/3), BBC Radio Ulster, 11.30am

Irish Quaternary Association Spring Meeting and AGM

Blueprint TV Series (2/3), BBC One NI, 9pm

"Our own backyard - Ireland's response to climate change challenges and opportunities" by Mr John Gormley, TD.

"Blueprint: Off the beaten track" TV series (2/3), BBC One NI, 10.40pm

"The greenhouse effect and global warming" by Prof. Ray Bates

"Environmental Seminar" organised by the Irish Concrete Federation

"The greenhouse effect and global warming" by Prof. Ray Bates

Joint IQUA/QRA Meeting - Quaternary Geology & Archaeology

"What can we say about future earthquakes and tsunamis in western Sumatra?" by Prof. John McCloskey, University Ulster Coleraine

"Visit to the Copper Coast" with Tina Keating B.Sc.

Blueprint Experience (2/3), BBC Radio Ulster, 11.30am

Blueprint TV series (3/3), BBC One NI, 9pm

"Blueprint: Off the beaten track" TV series (3/3), BBC One NI, 10.40pm

"Minerals of the Granite Planet - Metallogeny of Granites in Newfoundland and Labrador"

"Water: the challenges for users" - Conference organised by Sherkin Island Marine Station

SEI - Energy Show 2008

Blueprint Experience (3/3), BBC Radio Ulster, 11.30am

"Column by column - understanding the geology of the Causeway" with Paul Lyle

Excursion to the Discovery Park, Castlecomer and to Dunmore Cave

"Green Mines Conference: Environmental remediation of former mining areas for tourism"

"Groundwater: a resource at risk?" - Annual Conference of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (Irish Group)

“Variability in the Stratosphere: The Sun and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation” by Prof. Karin Labitzke, Institute of Meteorology, Free University of Berlin

Irish Meteorological Society AGM and Annual Guest Lecture

"Black and white - understanding the geology of Belshaw's quarry" with Bernard Anderson

"Tidal sedimentation and what it tells us about the history of the Moon" by Paul Dowdall B.Sc. UCC

Field trip to Loughshinny, Co. Dublin, led by Dr. John Walsh 

"When the tide goes out - understanding the geology of Portmuck with Tony Bazley

"The Hydrology of Cuilcagh Mountain" with Dr Les Brown

"How to become a fossil" by Dr Mike Simms

Geothermal District Heating. Paris Basin, a Learning Curve

"Energy for Ireland's future" by Prof. Pat Shannon

"Energy for Ireland's future" by Prof. Pat Shannon

IGA Members' Night

"Damned Nonsense: The Geological Career of the 3rd Earl of Enniskillen" by Kenneth James

Erratics competition prize giving

"Reptiles walked this way - understanding the geology of Scrabo quarry" with Philip Doughty

Poetry Landscape

Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry - IAEG Week End Course

Walking with tetrapods, the Valentia experience - OUGS fieldtrip - with Ken and Bettie Higgs (UCC)

"Nuclear energy: why is it on the agenda?" by Dr William J. Nuttall

"They came from outer space" by Dr Mike Simms

"Where the ice met the sea - understanding the geology of Killard Point" with a member of the EHS staff

"Blackwater anomaly" - boat trip with Jim Curtin B.Sc.

Bealtaine Festival of Outdoor Science

Trip visit to the Armagh Observatory, organised by the Irish Meteorological Society

"Up the Glen - understanding the geology of Colin Glen" with Tony Bazley

"Geology course: Introduction to geology, the study of Earth"

Fieldtrip to explore the geology of Southern Poland with Dr Pádhraig S. Kennan

"The private life of quarries" - guided tour and quarry talk

"Granites and turbidites - understanding the geology of the Bloody Bridge coast" with a member of the EHS staff

The Mining Heritage of the Copper Coast

The Glacial Geology of the Comeragh Mountains

"The origin of Ireland's ore deposits" by Prof. Mike Russell

"The origin of Ireland's ore deposits" by Prof. Mike Russell

Planet Earth Week

"Limestone Landscape Weekend (1)": guided walk with Philip Doughty

"Limestone Landscape Weekend (2)" - talk by Ian Enlander

"Deep oceans - understanding the geology of Helen's Bay" with Bernard Anderson

"Journey to the centre of a volcano - understanding the geology of Carrick-a-rede" with Paul Lyle

"The theory that shook the world!" (Charles Darwin) by Dr Bob Bloomfield

Fieldtrip to the Mullet Peninsula led by Dr Julian Menuge

"Puddingstone, caves and more - understanding the geology of Cushendun" with Tony Bazley

"Ireland's extinct animals" by Dr Nigel Monaghan

World Archaeological Congress

"Column by column - understanding the geology of the Causeway" with Paul Lyle

"Where the ice met the sea - understanding the geology of Killard Point" with a member of the EHS staff

"A bit of everything - understanding the geology of Murlough Bay and Fair Head" with Philip Doughty

"How to make rocks bend - understanding the geology of the Kearney coast" with Bernard Anderson

"Life in lava? - understanding the geology of Portrush" with Philip Doughty

"Up the Glen - understanding the geology of Colin Glen" with Tony Bazley

Belfast Geologists Society visit to Carlingford and Cooley with Dr. Sadhbh Baxter

Guided geological walk in Carlingford area led by Dr Sadhbh Baxter

Heritage Week: Guided walk in Stradbally village and cove with Jim Cullinane

Heritage Week: Guided walk on Kilfarrasy Strand with Rita Byrne and Kathryn Curran

Heritage Week: Guided tour of Dunhill Castle and surroundings with Des Cowman

"Changing sea-levels - understanding the geology of Ballyquintin Point" with a member of the EHS staff

Heritage Week: Carlow's own volcano, a walk along the Slaney with Peadar McArdle

Water Open Day at Lifetime Lab

Heritage Week: Guided tour of Fenor Bog with Rita Byrne

Heritage Week

"The Denial of Global Warming" by Professor Naomi Oreskes

"Journey to the centre of a volcano - understanding the geology of Carrick-a-rede" with Paul Lyle

The Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy

Geology Weekend- "Rocks in the making: the geology of Offaly over the last 10,000 years."

4th Annual Environment Ireland Conference 2008

"Rocks, seastacks and springs - understanding the geology of Ballintoy Harbour and White Park Bay" with a member of the EHS staff

"Come on Down and meet our accretionary prism!" - IGA Fieldtrip to Ards Peninsula with Bernard Anderson

"Geochronological hits and misses: various attempts to determine the age of the Earth" by Patrick Wyse Jackson

A guided walk looking into Carlingford's geology

"Quaternary Geology and Physical Geology" by Dr. Willie Waren, GSI

"Climate change and increased water demand: a volatile mixture?" by Dr Patrick Leahy

"Climate change and increased water demand: a volatile mixture?" by Dr Patrick Leahy

IAH Annual Fieldtrip - ‘Break for the Border’ Lower Lough Erne - Cuilcagh Mountain hydrogeology and Marble Arch Geopark.

A geological tour of the River Blackwater at Youghal with Jim Curtin

Copper Coast Photography Competition

Classroom Posters for Primary Schools

Seminar - Aurora Borealis Project / Polar Consortium Initiative

"Landscapes and Livelihoods" by Dr John Kelly

Quarries and Groundwater - IAH (Irish Group) Technical Discussion Meeting

"Continental topography: interacting between deep Earth and surface processes" by Prof. Sierd Cloetingh

A Stone for Ireland and Northern Ireland?

"Continental topography: interacting between deep Earth and surface processes" by prof. Sierd Cloetingh

"Climate change, catchment hydrology and water resources in Ireland" by Dr Conor Murphy 

"Limestones and Karst of Cuilcagh Mountain, Fermanagh and Cavan" - IGA Fieldtrip to Fermanagh with John Kelly (CSA)

"Global Glacier Changes" by Dr Wilfried Haeberli - Climate Change EPA Lecture

"Pioneering mineral exploration in Post-Soviet Mongolia: The QGX story" by Patrick Redmond (Teck Cominco)

OUGS Day Trip to Killiney with Susan Pyne

"The Proto-Andes: a long-lived active margin in western South America" by Dr Dave Chew, Trinity College

"The Proto-Andes: a long-lived active margin in western South America" by Dr. David Chew (TCD)

Go Get GEOSCIENCE!

"Under down under – recent groundwater management trends in Australia” by Jenny Deakin  - IAH (Irish Group) Lecture

"The Potential for Biological Energy in Ireland" by Dr John Finnan, Teagasc

2nd Annual Irish Earth Observation Symposium: Opportunities for Earth Observation in Ireland

"A practical introduction to understanding rocks" with Ian Sanders (TCD)

"Exploring the deep subseafloor biosphere" by Prof. Judith A. McKenzie

"Exploring the deep subseafloor biosphere" by Prof. Judith A. McKenzie

International Conference on Grassland and Water Framework Directive

Science Week Ireland

"Geological evolution of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibet" by Professor Mike SearleOxford University

"Climates of the Past - Climate of the Future?" - IQUA Symposium

"The Resolution and Detection Ability of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)" by Dr. Andreas Kathage

"Earthquake generated Tsunamis" by Prof. John McCloskey, University of Ulster, Coleraine 

Poetry Landscape with Michael Longley

“Implementing the WFD – implications for groundwater development and protection” by Matthew Craig & Donal Daly, EPA - IAH (Irish Group) Lecture

"Ireland and Planet Earth have come a long way together - A divided land" by Dr Pádhraig S. Kennan

"Solar Variations and Surface Temperature Changes" by Dr John Butler, Armagh Observatory

"Ireland and Planet Earth have come a long way together - A divided land" by Dr Pádhraig S. Kennan

Photo competition awards ceremony

‘The First Annual Ted Nevill Memorial Lecture’

IGA AGM and President's Address

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