The Institute of Geologists of Ireland

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 (Europe/Dublin) | 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.

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-04-23 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.
Renée Tamblyn – University of Bern
“In situ Lu-Hf LA-ICP-MS/MS geochronology: applications and outlook”
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
2025-04-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The fourth webinar in the 2025 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series takes place on Thursday 24th April between 16:00 and 17:00. Katherine Deeming, PhD researcher at University of Strathclyde will talk about “Mapping Minewater and Heat: A Spatial Analysis of the Co-location of Minewater Thermal Resources with Future Heat Demand in Scotland”.
Register via this Eventbrite link: Mapping minewater and heat Tickets, Thu 24 Apr 2025 at 16:00 | Eventbrite

Galway Geological Association – Burren Fieldtrip
2025-04-26 10:00 - 16:00 | The Burren National Park, Mullach Mór, Co Clare, Ireland
A GGA fieldtrip to the south-eastern Burren (Mullach Mór) takes place on Saturday 26th April, 2025 (10am to about 4 pm).
Meet at Gortlecka crossroads at 10 am (52.9967981N, 9.0373889W; parking immediately to S of crossroads). Please note: car parking is limited so please take a lift if at all possible, to reduce the number of cars & be kind to the environment. After car-pooling at the crossroads, they intend travelling a short distance to the start point using a limited number of cars.
If you wish to participate, please register no later than Tuesday, 22nd April by emailing GGA (galwaygeology@gmail.com). Also, please provide a mobile-phone contact number. Registration costs €20 / €10 (student) / €10 (member of GGA, etc) (payable in advance or on the day). Fieldtrip leaders: Dr Eamon Doyle (Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark; geology) and Professor Michael O’Connell (PRU, University of Galway; botany, vegetation history).

Joint Geotechnical Society of Ireland / IGI Seminar
2025-05-13 14:00 | Engineers Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
The Geotechnical Society, co-hosting with the IGI, will hold their Spring Seminar and AGM on Tuesday 13th May which will include talks from Dr John C. Cripps, University of Sheffield and Dr Róisín Buckley, Glasgow University (see draft poster here).
Dr Cripps will give the 23rd Glossop Lecture, entitled “Mud to Rock and Back” while Dr Buckley’s lecture is entitled “Uncertainty in Site Characterisation: new strategies to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities”. The seminar will be followed by the Geotechnical Society of Ireland’s AGM.

Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) Conference
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-16 | Hillgrove Hotel, Co Monaghan, Old Armagh Road, Co. Monaghan, H18 RK15, Ireland
The Annual IAEG Conference will be held on the 15th and 16th May in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan. The theme of this year’s conference will be “Copper: The Green Metal”.
Call for Papers: If you have a paper or know someone who could contribute to the Conference, please get in touch via secretary@iaeg.ie. IAEG would like to invite students to apply to either present a flash talk or submit a poster at the Conference. There will also be a student-industry networking event. Students who present posters at the Conference will have free entry. Those who present flash talks will have discounted entry rates. To apply, submit poster or flash talk abstracts to secretary@iaeg.ie.
Registration is now open for this conference: https://iaeg.ie/event-6091604

Belfast Geologists Society - final talk of the 2024/2025 lecture series
2025-05-19 18:00 | Queen’s University, Belfast and on Zoom, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom
Belfast Geologists Society – their final talk of the 2024/2025 lecture series will be held next Monday, 19th May 2025 as a hybrid event, both in-person (at QUB Geography Dept, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast) and on Zoom.
The lecture is the 2025 Harold Wilson Memorial Lecture and is entitled “The mining heritage of County Antrim and its legacy”.
It will be given by Kieran Parker, British Geological Survey (GSNI). Senior Geohazards Geologist.
The talk will be preceded by an opportunity to visit the 3D Mapping facility also in the Geography Department with Connor Graham, Centre for GIS and Geomatics, QUB
Times:
6.00 – 6.30pm visit the 3D Mapping Facility with Connor Graham – meet entrance hall, Geography Dept
6.30 – 7.00pm tea/coffee Geography Dept lecture theatre
7.00pm The mining heritage of County Antrim and its legacy, Kieran Parker, Geography Dept lecture theatre
Zoom link – please join by 6.45pm
Topic: ‘The mining heritage of County Antrim and its legacy’ Kieran Parker GSNI
Time: May 19, 2025 07:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87489346264?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 874 8934 6264
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Further detail at https://belfastgeologists.org/index.php/2025/04/30/the-mining-heritage-of-county-antrim-and-its-legacy/

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Lecture
2025-05-20 18:00 | Haughton Theatre, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College,, Dublin, Ireland
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Lecture – Tuesday 20th May 2025 at 6pm in the Haughton Lecture Theatre in the Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin.
The talk is titled: “CO2 Storage Resource Management System – Application and Learnings from World’s First Booking” and will be delivered by Dr Paul Lyford. Paul is the Reserves and Resources Manager at Santos Ltd, an Australian oil and gas company and the first to add CO2 Storage resources to the annual reserves report.
Paul has over 30 years’ experience and has been involved in many field developments across Australia. He has a background in reservoir engineering, operations, planning, strategy and commercial, and holds a PhD in Engineering from University of Melbourne. His full bio, and more details of the talk are included in the Flyer here.
There will be a chance to socialise afterwards with drinks in The Duke pub, Duke Street.

GSNI Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series
2025-05-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The fifth webinar in the 2025 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series takes place Thursday 29th May between 16:00 and 17:00.
Dr. Alison Monaghan, from the British Geological Survey will provide an overview of trends in geothermal projects in Great Britain and highlight various projects that BGS are leading on, including the UK Geothermal Platform and a Ground Source Heat Pump screening tool for NHS England.
Register via the Eventbrite link: Making Geothermal More Visible in Great Britain Tickets, Thu, May 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite
