Despite the deluges, Temple Bar Properties is attempting to continue its series of outdoor film screenings in Meetinghouse Square every Saturday at 10 p.m.: Saturday's film is The Manchurian Candidate, August 8th's is Babette's Feast, August 15th's is It's A Wonderful Life, August 22nd's is Diamonds Are Forever, and August 29th's is Bringing Up Baby - contact 016715717 for information on how to get your free tickets ... The Model Arts Centre has announced a composers' competition, with a prize fund of £1,500 and a September 5th closing date - pieces must be scored for piano and string quartet, or a combination of these instruments, and must last between five and eight minutes - details on 071-41405 .. . Our amateur drama columnist, Padraic O'Farrell, has written a new play based on a 1798 atrocity, Scullabogue '98, which is about to hit the boards - it tours to the Backstage Theatre, Longford (August 26th-28th), Prosperous Theatre (September 12th), the Town Hall Theatre, Galway (September 13th), and the Garage Theatre, Monaghan (October 17th) .. . A series of summer recitals at St Carthagh's Cathedral, Lismore, begins on Wednesday next at 8 p.m., with tenor Sean O'Donnell and organist Jan van Putten performing work including Handel, Bach, Schutz and Giordani; there are further concerts on Wednesday 12th and on Wednesday 19th, and the admission price is £3.