iCRAG Research Showcase Event
2025-02-13 09:00 (Europe/Dublin) | University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
To mark 10 years of iCRAG, the Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences, a research showcase, “iCRAG@10: Evolving for a Changing World”, will be held in O’Reilly Hall, UCD, Dublin, Thursday February 13th, 2025 at 9:00am.
More details about this event and a link to register now can be found at this Eventbrite link iCRAG@10: Evolving for a Changing World Tickets, Thu 13 Feb 2025 at 09:00 | Eventbrite.
A programme for the event is now available from the iCRAG website iCRAG.

NUI SEG Student Chapter Workshop on Critical Mineral Deposits
2025-02-17 09:30 - 15:30 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
The National University of Ireland Society of Economic Geologists Student Chapter will be holding a workshop on “Critical Mineral Deposits: Case Studies of volcanogenic and supergene deposits” on Monday 17th February 2025.
The workshop will be held as a hybrid event, in-person at the O’Brien Centre for Science UCD and via Zoom.
There is more detail in the flyer here, including how to register, and there are abstracts for the 2 presentations in this document: abstracts_lectures_CRM_workshop.

Belfast Geologists Society Talk
2025-02-17 19:00 | ZOOM
The Belfast Geologists Society next talk will be on Monday, 17th February at 7pm on Zoom only.
It will be given by Dr. Norman Moles, University of Brighton (formerly Queen’s University Belfast).
The topic is: “New’ geology in the western Mourne Mountains – the Trainor’s Rocks gritstone-conglomerate”.
More information on this and other events can be found on the Belfast Geologists Society website Lectures – Belfast Geologist’ Society
Zoom Details
Time: Feb 17, 2025 07:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time
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UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-02-19 13:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Please see flyer here for this term’s Earth Science seminars.
Vincent Roche – UCD & iCRAG
“Structural controls of natural and induced seismicity”
All the Wednesday lunchtime seminars will be given in person at UCD, followed by tea/coffee of notoriously variable quality (high highs, but very low lows), reliably nourishing biscuits, and a chance to connect with and quiz the speaker.
Please do come in if you can make it. For those who can’t, we will also broadcast on Zoom (no recording), with the same link/ID/passcode each week as below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/62594086210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 625 9408 6210
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The zoom link is also at the top of the flyer.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

Irish Mining and Quarrying Society Lecture: “Health and Minerals”
2025-02-19 17:30 - 18:00 | Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath – and on ZOOM, Trim, Co Meath, Trim, C15 WYF4, Ireland
Preceding the IMQS AGM, IMQS are hosting a hybrid presentation, at the Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath and online via Zoom, on Wednesday 19th February between 17:30 and 18:00.
The presentation will be given by Mr Eamonn Francis Grennan – B.Sc.(Hons)(Geology), M.Sc.(Env.Sc.), Dip.Adm.Sc. P.Geo on the topic of:
“Health and Minerals”
Eamonn Grennan is a prolific researcher. His study highlights the inter-relationships between geology and human health. His study will focus on the many and beneficial effects of metals, trace elements and minerals which have been identified as being essential for good health, as well as being essential for diagnostic procedures and for certain treatments. Over the course of a life-time in minerals exploration and mining, he has identified over 30 ‘substances’, mainly metals, trace elements and minerals which are in daily use in and relating to human health.
Zoom Details
Topic: Eamonn Grennan Presentation
Time: Feb 19, 2025 05:30 PM Dublin
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Irish Mining and Quarrying Society AGM
2025-02-19 18:00 - 18:30 | Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath, Trim, Co Meath, C15 WYF4, Ireland
Irish Mining and Quarrying Society (IMQS) Annual General Meeting will be held, for members only – as an in-person meeting in the Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim Co. Meath on Wednesday 19th February between 18:00 and 18:30.

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-02-26 13:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Please see flyer here for this term’s Earth Science seminars.
Uisdean Nicholson – Heriot Watt University
“Into the Nadir: seismic evidence for a new K-Pg aged impact crater”
All the Wednesday lunchtime seminars will be given in person at UCD, followed by tea/coffee of notoriously variable quality (high highs, but very low lows), reliably nourishing biscuits, and a chance to connect with and quiz the speaker.
Please do come in if you can make it. For those who can’t, we will also broadcast on Zoom (no recording), with the same link/ID/passcode each week as below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/62594086210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 625 9408 6210
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The zoom link is also at the top of the flyer.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

GSNI Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series
2025-02-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The second webinar in the 2025 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series is taking place this Thursday, 27th February between 16:00 and 17:00.
Emma Bramham and Arka Dyuti Sarkar from the University of Leeds will be giving a talk entitled “Geothermal providing Geosolutions for the University of Leeds campus, the wider Leeds urban environment and across the wider UK”.
They will present current geothermal work by the interdisciplinary Geosolutions Leeds team, including the Geothermal Campus living lab project alongside a wider range of projects exploring potential for geothermal in our urban environments. They will also discuss how the outcomes will work collectively to help bring forward the agenda for geothermal in both Leeds and the wider UK.
Register via the Eventbrite link here Geothermal providing Geosolutions for the University of Leeds campus Tickets, Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

68th Irish Geological Researchers Meeting (IGRM)
2025-02-28 - 2025-03-02 | Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin, D02 KV91, Ireland
The 68th Irish Geological Researchers Meeting (IGRM)– will take place between Friday 28th February and Sunday 2nd March 2025 in Trinity College Dublin. The format will be similar to previous years, with guest speakers and social events on Friday and Saturday evenings and general sessions all Saturday and much of Sunday.
Online forms for registration, dinner and abstracts are now online at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/68th-irish-geological-research-meeting-2025-igrm25-tickets-1114056706599
Details on Presentations and Abstracts are also available at the Eventbrite link.
Please note, Abstracts are due on 14th February.
The IGA will be awarding the best Student Talks in memory of the late Barry Long (GSI) and best Student Posters at the end of the meeting.

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-03-05 13:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Please see flyer here for this term’s Earth Science seminars.
James Hickey – University of Exeter
“Volcano deformation: a magma-mush perspective”
All the Wednesday lunchtime seminars will be given in person at UCD, followed by tea/coffee of notoriously variable quality (high highs, but very low lows), reliably nourishing biscuits, and a chance to connect with and quiz the speaker.
Please do come in if you can make it. For those who can’t, we will also broadcast on Zoom (no recording), with the same link/ID/passcode each week as below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/62594086210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 625 9408 6210
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The zoom link is also at the top of the flyer.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

Belfast Geologists Society – Northern Ireland Geotechnical Group Public Lecture
2025-03-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Queens University Belfast, University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NN,, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
Lecture entitled “From Mud to Rock and Back” will be given by Dr. John Cripps on Tuesday 11th March 2025.
This will be an in-person event with refreshments and networking. Refreshments and Networking will be from 6pm to 6-30pm, to be followed by the Presentation between 6-30pm and 8pm.
This event will be held in the School of the Natural Built Environment, Elmwood Building (Geography), Lecture Theatre OG-029, Queen’s University Belfast.
No registration is necessary – just turn up, everyone is welcome. Dr John Cripps is an Engineering geologist with about 50 years of experience mostly as an academic in the Department of Geology and from 2000 the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of Sheﬃeld. Now retired, John is still active in research, editing, consultancy and geological conservation work.

CL:AIRE Definitiion of Waste Code of Practice (DoWCoP) training
2025-03-12 | 63 Merrion Square, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
The DoW CoP provides a clear, consistent and efficient process which enables the reuse of excavated materials on-site or their movement between sites.
Use of the DoW CoP supports the sustainable and cost effective development of land. It can provide an alternative to Environmental Permits or Waste Exemptions.
This training will run in 63 Merrion Square, the day before the IBN Conference. For more details on costs and how to register for the Dublin training on the 12th March, see the CL:AIRE website Definition of Waste Code of Practice

Ireland Brownfield Network Conference
2025-03-13 | 63 Merrion Square, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
The Ireland Brownfield Network Conference – IBN are hosting their conference in 63 Merrion Square, Dublin on 13th March 2025.
More details are now available for this conference which will have the theme of “Climate, Housing and Biodiversity are all in crisis – Can brownfield development provide the solutions?”.
Join IBN for a day of talks and networking to discuss and learn how brownfield sites can play an important part in resolving the triple crisis facing our climate, housing and biodiversity.
Confirmed speakers include leading industry experts from Department of Environment Climate and Communications, EPA, Normec DETs, QUB, CL:AIRE and more!
Tickets cost €80 per person and places are limited so book your place now at: Ireland Brownfield Network 2025 Conference Tickets, Thu 13 Mar 2025 at 09:00 | Eventbrite

Irish Geoscience Network Meeting on 18th March - 5:30-7pm
2025-03-18

Belfast Geologists Society talk: “Ireland’s Fossil Heritage – bringing Geoscience to the public”
2025-03-18 | University College Cork, College Road, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland
Talk to be given by Dr Jess Franklin, Senior Engagement Officer, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork.
Tuesday 18th March (time and venue to be confirmed)
The talk is entitled “Ireland’s Fossil Heritage – bringing Geoscience to the public”.
Further information is available on the Belfast Geologists website: https://belfastgeologists.org/index.php/2025/01/10/irelands-fossil-heritage-bringing-geoscience-to-the-public/

Groundwater Flooding in Cork Seminar
2025-03-19 12:00 - 13:00 | University College Cork, College Road, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland
UCC School of Engineering are hosting a seminar on Groundwater Flooding on the Wednesday 19th of March from 12pm-1pm.
It will be held as a hybrid event. In-person attendees will be at the Sustainable Futures Lab, Iris Ashley Cummins Building, University College Cork while online attendees can join via Teams.
Mohamad Soboh, researcher at UCC, and Anthony Beese, senior consulting geologist, will discuss groundwater flood risks in the city.
The event will document the history of groundwater issues and some recent flood modelling being undertaken as part of a GSI-funded project.
If you’re interested in this free event, please register at this link: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

IAEG Lecture Series
2025-03-25 19:00 | Online Event
Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) are holding a series of lectures for their members only. The first of the 2025 lecture series will be held on Tuesday 25th March online, starting at 7pm with 2 talks from PhD students at UCD and iCRAG.
Elena Geiger will be presenting on the topic of: “From mineral to prospect scale: Exploring the Leinster pegmatite halos for lithium discovery.”
La Donna Fredericks will be speaking on the topic of “Geometry, nature and timing of inversion structures in the southeastern portion of the Irish Orefield.”
Registration is open via the IAEG website: https://lnkd.in/ekwsGr-a..
Please register in plenty of time to ensure you receive an invite in time. For further information contact secretary@iaeg.ie for membership queries contact treasurer@iaeg.ie.

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-03-26 13:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Please see flyer here for this term’s Earth Science seminars.
Mark Bentley – Heriot Watt University & Langdale Geoscience
Title TBC: CCS and Reservoir Modelling
All the Wednesday lunchtime seminars will be given in person at UCD, followed by tea/coffee of notoriously variable quality (high highs, but very low lows), reliably nourishing biscuits, and a chance to connect with and quiz the speaker.
Please do come in if you can make it. For those who can’t, we will also broadcast on Zoom (no recording), with the same link/ID/passcode each week as below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/62594086210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 625 9408 6210
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The zoom link is also at the top of the flyer.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

GSNI Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series
2025-03-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The third webinar in the 2025 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series is taking place on Thursday 27th March between 16:00 and 17:00.
Mark Cottrell from WSP in the UK will introduce work undertaken in the Denver Basin, Colorado, in which a Hot Sedimentary Aquifer in a former oil and gas field is being investigated for redevelopment as a geothermal reservoir.
Register via the Eventbrite link here: Evaluating The Geothermal Potential of Hot Sedimentary Aquifers Tickets, Thu 27 Mar 2025 at 16:00 | Eventbrite

IQUA Spring Meeting and AGM
2025-03-29 | Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, South Circular Road, Limerick, V94 VN26, Ireland
IQUA Spring Meeting will take place on Saturday 29th March 2025 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
The Spring Meeting focuses especially on IQUA postgraduate and postdoctoral research, but other members are also welcome to present.
Abstract submission is open until 5pm 14th March (please email Catherine Dalton Catherine.Dalton@mic.ul.ie).
The IQUA AGM will be held following the close of the Spring Meeting.

IAEG Lecture Series
2025-04-01 19:00 | Online Event
Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) lecture series continues on Tuesday 1st April online, starting at 7pm with. Speakers will be Joseph Donoghue and Caroline Grant, the first recipients of The David Hall Mineral Exploration Fund.
They will each give a presentation on their Student Mapping Projects. Joseph Donoghue will be talking on the topic of “Mapping the Geological History of the Cantabrian Zone” and the project location is Leon, Spain. Caroline Grant’s talk will be about a Geological Survey of the Megara Basin with the project location of Corinth, Greece.
Registration is open via the IAEG website: www.iaeg.ie/event-6117564.
More information on the talks and the David Hall Mineral Exploration Fund is also available at this link. Please register in plenty of time to ensure you receive an invite in time. Please note that the Lecture is a members-only event.

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-04-02 13:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Please see flyer here for this term’s Earth Science seminars.
PhD Talks (Oceans and Earth Systems Theme)
Georgia Ballabio – UCD & iCRAG
Phoebe Walsh – UCD & iCRAG
All the Wednesday lunchtime seminars will be given in person at UCD, followed by tea/coffee of notoriously variable quality (high highs, but very low lows), reliably nourishing biscuits, and a chance to connect with and quiz the speaker.
Please do come in if you can make it. For those who can’t, we will also broadcast on Zoom (no recording), with the same link/ID/passcode each week as below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/62594086210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 625 9408 6210
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The zoom link is also at the top of the flyer.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

Geologists Association (UK) Talk
2025-04-04 19:00 | ZOOM
This lecture is a virtual talk via Zoom on this Friday, 4th April 2025 at 7pm.
The talk, entitled “Moughton and the Elusive Unconformity – searching for the angular contact between the Silurian Metamorphics and the Great Scar Limestone”, will be given by John Connor.
You MUST register in advance to receive the Zoom link – visit link below to register
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_0YI1IlvT2KgcA84POkcNg#/registration

Irish Geological Association Excursion
2025-04-06 12:00 | Glendalough and Glendasan Mine Areas, Co Wicklow, Co Wicklow, Glendalough, Ireland
IGA Excursion to Glendalough and Glendasan Mine Areas, Co. Wicklow. Sunday 6th April at 12 midday, meeting at the Glendalough Upper Lake Carpark. Duration approximately 2 – 2.5 hours.
Thanks to Dr. Bill Sheppard for collaborating with the Mermaid Gallery, Bray and event leaders Judy Carrol-Deeley (Artist), Dr. Martin Critchley (Geologist) and Sharron Schwartz (Historian) so that IGA Members are invited on this superb Excursion.
Booking, as soon as possible, is advised, as numbers are limited. Please contact the Mermaid Gallery via their website to secure inclusion. The website link is:
https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/events/mine-lands-walk-at-glendalough-and-glendasan

Belfast Geologists' Society AGM & Lecture
2025-04-08 18:00 | Methodist College Belfast and on Zoom, 1 Malone Rd, Belfast, BT9 6BY, United Kingdom
The AGM will be followed by a talk from Ian Enlander:
‘An Alaskan Adventure: the geology and wildlife of coastal Alaska’.
Venue: Methodist College Belfast. Tuesday 8th April 6.00pm -6.30pm AGM. Tea/ coffee 6.30-7.00pm. Talk starts at 7.00pm.
More details available by emailing Ian Enlander at belfastgeologists@live.co.uk

EDI Symposium
2025-04-09 - 2025-04-11 | Online Event
EDI Symposium – Geological Society of London – Geological Curators Group (GCG) are delighted to be able to announce details for their forthcoming EDI symposium on the 9th, 10th and 11th April 2025.
All sessions will be taking place online and are free to attend.
They have put together a fascinating and very diverse set of talks. More details on the symposium and how to register are on this website: https://www.geocurator.org/events/182-edi-symposium.
The GCG have various other exciting events planned for the year as well – and details for these will be sent out as soon as possible. You can contact the committee through Cindy Howells Cindy.Howells@museumwales.ac.uk

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-04-09 13:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Please see flyer here for this term’s Earth Science seminars.
Michelle Harris – University of Plymouth
“Using hyperspectral core scanning to investigate seafloor hydrothermal systems”
All the Wednesday lunchtime seminars will be given in person at UCD, followed by tea/coffee of notoriously variable quality (high highs, but very low lows), reliably nourishing biscuits, and a chance to connect with and quiz the speaker.
Please do come in if you can make it. For those who can’t, we will also broadcast on Zoom (no recording), with the same link/ID/passcode each week as below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/62594086210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 625 9408 6210
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The zoom link is also at the top of the flyer.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

Belfast Geologists’ Society Excursion
2025-04-13 | Belfast City, Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Building Stones of Belfast with Shirley Grey, Dr. Joanne Curran and others.
A walk around the centre of Belfast looking at the range of natural building stone. Sunday 13th April.
More details available by emailing: Ian Enlander at belfastgeologists@live.co.uk

IAH (Irish Group) 2025 Conference
2025-04-15 - 2025-04-16 | Tullamore Court Hotel, Co. Offaly, O Moore Street,, Tullamore, Ireland
Reminder – IAH (Irish Group) 2025 Conference – takes place on the 15th and 16th April 2025 in the Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore. Co. Offaly.
This year the theme will be “Groundwater and Geotechnics”. This conference will feature themed sessions covering key topics such as hydro-geotechnical site characterisation, groundwater flooding, sustainable groundwater management on infrastructure projects, groundwater influences on slope stability, contamination and remediation, and considerations of climate change impacts.
A draft conference schedule is now available on the IAH website Annual Conference – International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Irish Chapter

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-04-16 13:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Please see flyer here for this term’s Earth Science seminars.
Derya Gürer – Heidelberg University
“Carbonate Veins in Basalts: Tracing the Timing and Conditions of LIP Emplacement and Carbonation”
All the Wednesday lunchtime seminars will be given in person at UCD, followed by tea/coffee of notoriously variable quality (high highs, but very low lows), reliably nourishing biscuits, and a chance to connect with and quiz the speaker.
Please do come in if you can make it. For those who can’t, we will also broadcast on Zoom (no recording), with the same link/ID/passcode each week as below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/62594086210?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 625 9408 6210
Passcode: [REDACTED]
The zoom link is also at the top of the flyer.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.
