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 (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.
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

Irish Mining & Quarrying Society (IMQS) Annual Field Trip
2025-05-30 | Valentia, Co Kerry, Valentia Island, Kerry, Ireland
On Friday, 30th May – Valentia Slate Quarry, Co. Kerry.
Details on IMQS website Field Trip 2025 – IMQS

IGI / Equipe Group Soil & Rock Logging Course
2025-06-11 - 2025-06-12 | City North Hotel, Gormanstown, Co. Meath, Gormanstown, Co. Meath, Gormanstown, K32 W562, Ireland
IGI are organising a two-day, in-person Soil and Rock Logging Course to be provided by Julian Lovell of the Equipe Group.
The course will be held on 11th/12th June 2025, at the City North Hotel, Gormanstown, Co. Meath.
The course is sponsored by Causeway Geotech who will be providing soil and core samples. Further details are in the poster here.
Please email the office at info@igi.ie to register as soon as possible as places are limited to 15 people.
Costs for the 2-day course, with lunch included on both days, are €400 for IGI members and €500 for non-IGI members.

Belfast Geologists Society – Mid-Antrim Iron and Bauxite mines – geology and industrial history
2025-06-21 10:30 | The Drum car park, Skerry E Rd, Ballymena, Skerry E Rd, Ballymana, BT43 6FG, United Kingdom
Saturday 21st June 2025.
Meet: 10.30am at The Drum car park, Skerry E Rd, Ballymena BT43 6FG
Lead: Ian Enlander
Full details at https://belfastgeologists.org/index.php/2024/03/01/mid-antrim-iron-and-bauxite-mines-geology-and-industrial-history/
Note that mobile signal is not great in the Cargan area so plan your route in advance
Please keep an eye on their events page on their website and on their Facebook page for any last minute changes.
https://belfastgeologists.org/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Belfast-Geologists-Society-100071853709689/

IGI AGM
2025-06-24 18:00 | IGI Offices, No.63 Merrion Square, Dublin and on ZOOM, No.63 Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland
The IGI AGM will take place on Tuesday 24th June 2025 at 18:00 at Merrion Square and via Zoom.
Open to all members to attend. Should you wish to attend the AGM (whether in-person or online) and the social event afterwards, please email info@igi.ie by close of business on Tuesday 17th June 2025, or as soon as you can.

IAEG Online Lecture
2025-06-25 19:00 | Online Event
The IAEG are pleased to announce that Elly Shaw, Principal Geologist at ERM, will be presenting as part of their 2025 Lecture Series.
Elly Shaw will be talking on the topic of “The Impact of Copper Mineralogy on Recovery” online at 7 pm on Wednesday the 25th of June.
Please note that the Lecture is an IAEG members-only event. Register via the website: IAEG – IAEG 2025 Lecture Series – The Impact of Copper Mineralogy on Recovery – Elly Shaw.
For further information contact secretary@iaeg.ie and for membership queries contact treasurer@iaeg.ie.

BGS – Wild Ireland: An exhibition at the Ulster Museum (Please note change of date and time)
2025-06-26 10:45 | Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 5AB, United Kingdom, Belfast, Ireland
Lead: Dr Mike Simms
When: Thursday 26th June, 10.45 a.m.
Meet: Entrance hall of the Ulster Museum.
A curator-led tour of the exhibition (which is open until 31st August if you cant make this trip), showcasing 60 paintings by Julian Friars who worked in collaboration with Mike to explore the changing fortunes of some of Ireland’s wildlife, from long-extinct giant millipedes, through Ice Age ‘monsters’, to extant wildlife. An absolute MUST SEE
Further information at https://www.ulstermuseum.org/whats-on/wild-ireland-past-present-future
Please keep an eye on their events page on their website and on their Facebook page for any last minute changes.
https://belfastgeologists.org/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Belfast-Geologists-Society-100071853709689/

GSNI Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series
2025-06-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The sixth webinar in the 2025 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series takes place on Thursday 26th June between 16:00 and 17:00.
Professor Neil Hewitt, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Technologies at Ulster University will provide an overview of geothermal heat pumps and how they can be used for space and process heating.
Case studies and other approaches will explore how we can utilise the “heat beneath our feet”.
Register via the Eventbrite link: Geothermal Heat Pumps – How Much Can We Multiply the Temperature Down There Tickets, Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

Belfast Geologists Society –Waterloo foreshore, Larne, Co. Antrim
2025-07-05 13:30 | Larne Leisure Centre, Larne, V53X+XG, United Kingdom
Leader: Ralph Semple
Saturday 5th July 13.30
Meeting: Larne Leisure Centre
Location: Google maps 54.85495911612962, -5.801326974861821 (V53X+XG)
Further information at https://belfastgeologists.org/index.php/2024/02/15/waterloo-foreshorelarneco-antrim/
Please keep an eye on their events page on their website and on their Facebook page for any last minute changes.
https://belfastgeologists.org/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Belfast-Geologists-Society-100071853709689/

Belfast Geologists Society – Ballycastle Fieldtrip
2025-07-19 10:00 | Ballycastle, Co Antrim, Ann Street Car Park, Ballycastle, United Kingdom
Leader : Karen Parks
Saturday 19th July 10.00
Meeting : https://maps.app.goo.gl/1uWzSU5xNoDLbvAV6
Ann Street Car Park
A visit to Ballycastle museum followed by a visit to Ballycastle coastal sections at Pan’s Rock and Colliery Bay.
Please keep an eye on their events page on their website and on their Facebook page for any last minute changes.
https://belfastgeologists.org/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Belfast-Geologists-Society-100071853709689/

Irish Geological Association (IGA) Annual Visit to RHA Art Exhibition
2025-07-26 10:00 | St. Audeon’s Medieval Church, High Street, The Liberties, High Street, The Liberties, Dublin, D08 W99H, Ireland
The 3rd Annual IGA visit to the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Annual Art Exhibition will be led by Dr Bill Sheppard on the (deferred date of) 26th July 2025 at 10am.
Part 1: Early Dublin – Landscape and Building Stone. The event participants will walk from St. Audeon’s Church, down Dame St and through Trinity College to gain insights into changes in landscape and building stone use within the early city area from Viking times. Historical maps and illustrations will be presented. The historical value of the works of landscape artists in the 18th and 19th centuries will be highlighted.
Following Part 1, Lunch can be bring-your-own or in the National Gallery.
Part 2 : RHA Annual Exhibition: The RHA Annual Exhibition offers much to the geological enquiring mind. Many of Ireland’s leading Irish artists again exhibit works on which to base geological discussion on these works and on geology in art generally. Bill has selected some 20 works of particular interest. This is a great opportunity to engage with the works of leading Irish artists and seek out geological aspects within the works on show.
A number of 18th century Dublin landscapes can also be viewed in the National Gallery.
MEETING TIME: Saturday, 26th July 2025 at 10.00am.
MEETING POINT: Entrance to St. Audeon’s Medieval Church, High Street, The Liberties. https://maps.app.goo.gl/hGV3EF9FBdKJc2kJ6
CONTACT: Bill Mobile 087 212 6677
REGISTRATION: Please click HERE to register and give contact details. Members and non-members welcome.

Joint IGA / BGS Excursion
2025-08-02 - 2025-08-03 | Strangford and Belfast Loughs, Co Down, Belfast, United Kingdom
The Irish Geological Association and the British Geological Survey /GSNI will be holding a Weekend Excursion on the 2nd and 3rd August 2025 around the areas of Strangford and Belfast Loughs.
The fieldtrip is entitled “Please Mind the Gap – Groundwater Flow through Permo-Triassic rocks of Northern Ireland” and it will be led by Dr Mark Cooper of GSNI.
More information on what the field excursion will cover, an itinerary and a link to the booking form can be found on the IGA website at Irish Geological Association | Welcome to amateurs and professionals!

National Heritage Week: 16-24th August
2025-08-20 - 2025-08-24
National Heritage Week 16th – 24th August 2025

IAEG 2025 Lecture Series
2025-08-27 19:00 | Online Event
The Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) are pleased to announce that Filipa Luz, Exploration Geologist and Greenfield Project Manager at Almina – Minas do Alentejo S.A., will be presenting as part of their 2025 Lecture Series.
Filipa Luz will be speaking on the topic of “The Sherlock lens: Looking for base metals in the Iberian Pyrite Belt”.
Join online at 7 pm on Wednesday the 27th of August. Register via the website: https://lnkd.in/eG7a8FWR.
Mineral exploration geologists can be commonly perceived as Sherlock’s. Recent revitalization of exploration surveys in the Iberian Pyrite Belt has renewed the interest in developing a new and systematic study workflow based on a multi-approach methods. Back to mapping and gather it with new technologies, use the sensitivity of geochemistry and geophysics and focus on a geology drive model for exploration success. The refinement of metallogenic models will be a useful tool for future mineral exploration surveys in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. This presentation will focus on a success case, where I assume Sherlock’s role looking for base metals in the Iberian Pyrite Belt.
Registration is open via the IAEG website. Please register in plenty of time to ensure you receive an invite in time. Please note that the Lecture is an IAEG members only event.
For further information contact secretary@iaeg.ie
For membership queries contact treasurer@iaeg.ie.

IGA Day Excursion to Killiney
2025-08-30 09:30 | Killiney Beach and Hill, Co Dublin
This excursion, named “The Hot and Cold of Killiney Geology” will take place on Saturday 30th August.
It will be led by Prof. John Walsh and Dr Sam Kelley.
Meet at Killiney DART Station at 09:30 with the excursion expected to take between 3 and 4 hours.
The plan is to walk along the beach looking at hard rocks and glacial sediments. This will be followed by a walk from the beach to the top of Killiney Hill (150m). The latter is along a good path, but in places it can become a stiff walk up steps.
The hard rock side of things will involve looking at the contact of the Leinster Granite, including a variety of granites together with associated contact and regional metamorphic rocks. We’ll examine evidence for the nature and timing of granite intrusion (ca 405My old) relative to the Caledonian Orogeny. The glacial geology of the Killiney area is complex, and as we’ll see, the glacial sediments backing Killiney Beach have been modified by glacio-tectonic processes, resulting in features commonly seen within faulted or tectonised rocks, such as faults and folds.
Please register for this excursion by clicking on this Google Form HERE

Geological Society London Event: ‘This is Geoscience’
2025-09-02 18:00 - 21:30 | The Geological Society of London and Online, Burlington House Piccadilly,, London, GB W1J 0BD, United Kingdom
The Geological Society of London has extended an open invitation to a special evening on Tuesday 2 September 2025, to mark the official launch of ‘This is Geoscience’ – their exciting new public engagement and careers campaign.
Led by the Geological Society, ‘This is Geoscience’ is a long-term initiative to reframe public understanding of geoscience and inspire the next generation of geoscientists. The campaign features new careers and educational resources, up-to-date salary and job market data, and insights into recruitment trends over the past two decades. Developed to be freely used and shared across the geoscience community ‘This is Geoscience’ aims to address misconceptions, broaden participation, and showcase the critical importance of geoscience in tackling global challenges.
The event will take place from 18:00 to 21:30 BST, and the programme is as follows:
18:00 to 18:30 – Welcome reception
18:30 to 18:40 – President’s opening remarks
18:40 to 19:40 – This is Geoscience: official launch
19:40 to 20:10 – Open discussion with Q&A
20:10 to 21:15 – Drinks reception
Please register to join them – either online or in person – at the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/WxM8Emf1ns

IQUA Autumn Field Meeting - update
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-07 | County Cavan, Ireland
The Irish Quaternary Association (IQUA) is holding its Field Meeting – titled “The Quaternary of west County Cavan” on 5th to 7th September, in Co. Cavan.
The Friday Evening Event, featuring an introduction to County Cavan, will take place in Belturbet, at the Castle Sports and Gastro Pub, with proceedings beginning at 19:00.
Registration costs for the event will be as follows: €35 for current IQUA members, €25 for students/unwaged members, and €45/€35 for non-members.
IQUA regrets that they cannot offer one-day rates. Please complete the following registration form so they can prepare for our adventure to County Cavan (https://tinyurl.com/363fhshf).
In due course, they will be in touch with those wishing to attend to organise car-pooling. Any questions, please contact Ryan Smazal (ryan.smazal@ucd.ie).

IGA Excursion to Lambay Island
2025-09-06 | Lambay Island, north County Dublin, County Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Places are still available for the Irish Geological Association (IGA) excursion to Lambay Island, off the coast of North County Dublin on Saturday 6th September.
The excursion will be co-led by Dr Brian McConnell (formerly Geological Survey Ireland) and Dr Stephen Newton (Birdwatch Ireland).
More details on timings, costs and what will be seen on the trip are available on the IGA website Irish Geological Association | Welcome to amateurs and professionals!.
A booking form for the excursion can also be found here:
Registration Form: IGA Excursion to Lambay, 6th September 2025

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-09-10 13:00 - 14:00 | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Autumn Semester 2025 – These will all be held between 1-2 pm on Wednesdays in E0.61, O’Brien Science Centre, with the exception of the final lecture to be held in a larger space (TBC).
All talks will also be streamed to Zoom at the recurring meeting link found on the flyer here.
There are a variety of Earthly and otherworldly, applied and fundamental topics for you, including inaugural lectures from two new SES Staff and a final SES Winter Lecture on planet formation and giant impacts. All are welcome.
The zoom link is at the top of the attached flyer and will remain the same every week.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

IAH (Irish Group) Technical Discussion Meeting
2025-09-16 17:45 | Beggar’s Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04 K7X4, Ireland
IAH (Irish Group) Technical Discussion Meeting for September will be on Tuesday 16th September 2025 at 17:45 (with tea, coffee and biscuits from 17:15) at Beggar’s Bush, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin D04 K7X4.
The talk is entitled “Enhanced in-situ Bioremediation (EISB) of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in fractured bedrock aquifers” and will be given by Graham Webb of Geosyntec.
You must register in advance for this meeting at the Eventbrite link here: IAH TDM: Enhanced In-Situ Bioremediation (EISB) of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Tickets, Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM | Eventbrite
