Online and in the shops: Lollipop Day
Ireland has one of the highest rates of oesophageal cancer in Europe and the Dublin Gospel Choir will perform outside Debenhams in Henry St today and Dunnes, Grafton St tomorrow at lunchtime, in aid of the Oesophageal Cancer Fund.
You can buy a lollipop or pin (both €2) from volunteers or pharmacies nationwide.
Find out more about oesophageal cancer or donate online at www.lollipopday.ie
This year’s Audi Dublin International Film Festival, which continues until Sunday, includes Fantastic Flicks, a new programme for younger audiences, which was launched by Art Wrixon, 8, and Amalia Godley, 7.
Disney’s latest animated feature Zootropolis, which will be in cinemas for Easter, will conclude the programme at the Savoy Cinema at 2pm on Sunday.
Tomorrow, Ant Boy, the story of Pelle, who is bitten by a scientifically-enhanced ant and uses his new powers to fight supervillains, will be screened at the Light House Cinema Smithfield at 11am, with the sequel at the same venue on Sunday. For more information and booking visit www.diff.ie
The Ideas Festival at IKEA Dublin this weekend offers customers tips on smart storage and organising your home, with special offers, competitions, and activities for all the family.
The festival includes the ‘Art of Tidying Up’ workshop at 9.30am tomorrow.
Open to IKEA Family members, it’s a five-step guide to simplifying, organising and storing everything from clothes to loved belongings. Book online at www.ikea.ie/dublin
Over the last 19 years World Book Day, celebrated this year on March 3, has become Ireland’s biggest annual event promoting the enjoyment of reading.
As well as events in bookshops, libraries, and schools, school children are entitled to receive a World Book Day €1.50 book token.
The token, valid until March 27, can be exchanged for one of 11 World Book Day books, including one exclusive to Ireland, Brian Gallagher’s One Good Turn, set during the 1916 Rising.
Tokens can also be redeemed against any book or audio book at participating shops. www.facebook.com/WBDIreland/
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