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HOW does spending a day making scrumptious chocolate sound? Now is your chance. Chantal Coady will host a series of Chocolate Days at the Rococo Factory in Dulwich, SE London.

Check www.rococochocolates.com for details. To book a place contact Rafaella Baruzzo on 0044 020 7352 5857 or [e-mail]. They are now taking bookings for making Easter eggs (tempering and moulding) on March 17, as earlier courses booked out.

An Grianán Centre for Lifelong Learning, Termonfeckin, Co Louth has published its 2007 brochure. Courses on offer include cooking, crafts of every description, keep fit&, pampering, flower arranging and painting. The accommodation is lovely and comfortable, with good food in a wonderful setting just outside Drogheda. Web: www.an.grianan.ie; email: [e-mail]; tel: [phone]

BurrenLIFE Project has published a second annual newsletter. Farming for Conservation in the Burren aims to develop a new model for sustainable agriculture in the Burren in order to conserve EU priority habitats. It is funded through the EU LIFE Nature fund, and is sponsored by National Parks and Wildlife Service in partnership with Teagasc and Burren IFA.

To download a copy of the newsletter, visit www.burrenlife.com or write to BurrenLIFE, Old Schoolhouse, Carron, Co Clare for a copy.