First Fortnight - a charity that challenges mental health prejudice through arts and cultural action. The festival includes motherhood and mental health, an existential crisis in an Aldi, carers taking self-care, an Opera world premiere in a unique space, an Olivier Award winning play, community collaborative sculpture installations, the 45th anniversary of a 5-time Oscar winning feature film, vulnerability in an age of oversharing, a Sea Swim and Batman needing a Break. Check out or download the FF20 festival programme and choose from over 100 events, in 62 venues, across 17 counties in

Zero Waste Festival - Zero Waste is all about getting as close to 'zero' as we can, in terms of the waste we produce as businesses, individuals and institutions. This ZWF will feature some of the best Zero Waste leaders in Ireland giving talks and workshops on how to cut the waste out of your household while keeping those purse strings tight! Learn how to vastly reduce our waste output and make simple replacements with products that have little or no waste. Lots of talks, seminars and workshops to attend as part of the Plastic exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin.