Business/Property

KERRY County Council has today (Monday) published new guidelines to ensure best practice for retailers and their design advisors when considering shopfronts in the county. The details of the new guidelines were presented to councillors at today’s meeting of Kerry County Council. Kerry’s vernacular shopfronts are a core element of […]

THE Bank of Ireland Money Smarts Challenge was launched today and Kerry schools are invited to take part with a chance of winning €25,000. This is a new secondary school competition that will see students learn essential Financial Wellbeing skills while competing for the chance to win the top prize […]

CARA Credit Unions and Killarney Credit Union are introducing a new full-service Current Account today (Thursday) which is International Credit Union Day. The new Current Account includes the globally accepted Mastercard Debit Card with Contactless Payments, Standing Orders, Direct Debits, and the option of an Overdraft facility. Members of Cara Credit […]

THE latest Kerry Businesswomen’s Network event took place in Tralee last Wednesday in Ballygarry House Hotel. KBN in collaboration with ‘Moving On’ — the employment programme for women in Kerry — brought Karen O’Reilly, founder of Employmum and one of Silicon Republic’s ten ‘Future of Work’ Influencers to Kerry to talk […]

A MEETING will take place next week about rising insurance costs threatening the future of small businesses in Tralee. Tralee Chamber Alliance in association with Bank of Ireland are hosting an event entitled ‘Business Insurance – where to from here?’ on Monday, October 21 next from 6pm in the Bank […]

AFTER some local speculation, Golden Discs have officially confirmed that they will open their first store in Kerry on Saturday, October 19th. The store will be located in unit 2 Central Plaza, Abbey Court Tralee and will employ six staff, doubling that number for the festive trading period. Golden Discs […]

FOUR Gala convenience stores in Kerry have been awarded the Gala B.E.S.T Award for excellence in retail at the 2019 Gala B.E.S.T Awards, with O’Shea’s in Blennerville winning the Champion Award’. Presented to stores that are deemed ‘outstanding’ following a comprehensive and independent assessment process under the Gala ‘Business Excellence […]

DO you know someone in the hospitality industry who is deserving of an award for their commitment to their customers and loyalty to their colleagues? Nominations are currently being sought for the second annual Connect Kerry Hospitality Awards and the deadline for entries is fast approaching ahead of this year’s […]

HEATHER Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, has launched a €4.2m research collaboration on driverless vehicles, which includes a contribution by Government of over €2 million through Science Foundation Ireland , and will be led by Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, As part of the programme, researchers […]

LEE Strand launched into the marketplace this week the Tetra Rex® Bio-based carton, the world’s first fully renewable pack. Lee Strand’s €2 million manufacturing investment will offer customers a pack that is 100% renewable and 100% recyclable. The revolutionary carton is recognised as a major step forward in the development […]

A NEW economic report from Vodafone Ireland has found that HQ Tralee generates over €10 million for the local economy, and had the largest economic impact of all of the hubs assessed across Ireland, having supported the creation of 153 new jobs directly and a further 107 indirectly. HQTralee & […]

A BUDGET 2020 and Brexit Breakfast Briefing will take place on Thursday, October 10 at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee Kerry County Council Local Enterprise Office is hosting this in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services) from 8.30am to 10.30am. People are asked to be in attendance by 8.15am. The briefing will summarise […]

PASSENGERS travelling through Kerry Airport will experience the same efficient service from staff at the points of departure and arrival while flights are expected to continue to operate as normal in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the CEO of the airport. Kerry Airport has two destinations in […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register, shows that August was a busy month for sales with 22 properties changing hands around Tralee, fetching a total of €3,619,500. The property that sold for the most in the Tralee environs in August was a house in […]

KERRY Businessewomen’s Network held another of their special After Hours Networking Nights in Maddens Tralee on Thursday night. Guest enjoyed refreshments and delicious post-work eats in the Milk Market Lane business to facilitate connections and inspiring conversations. These ‘After Hours’ Networking evenings provide Kerry women with a platform for forming […]

TRALEE is amongst 11 Irish towns on the journey to becoming autism-friendly. That’s according to Supervalu, who in partnership with AsIAm, Ireland’s national autism charity and advocacy organisation last year announced Clonakilty as Ireland’s first Autism-Friendly Town. Now 11 towns, including Tralee, are now on the journey to join them. In […]

KERRY Convention Bureau showcased Kerry as a unique and inspiring business tourism destination over the weekend to event planners from the United Kingdom. Promoted as an ‘Experiential Long Weekend in Kerry’, the group of senior event planners were given the opportunity to come and experience the best of what Kerry […]

STRENGTHENING the social, business and economic links between Kerry and Germany was central to a visit on Tuesday to Tralee by the German Ambassador to Ireland and the chief executive of the German-Irish Chamber of Commerce. Ambassador Deike Potzel was welcomed to the offices of Kerry County Council and also […]

A HOTEL in Cork will host a special event to mark National Women’s Enterprise Day on October 17 and Kerry women are encouraged to go along. A survey of more than 200 women in business carried out by the Local Enterprise Offices in Cork and Kerry has found that the […]

THE Rose Hotel saw a large crowd gather in the Lee Suite for the annual Tidy Tralee Together Awards on Tuesday night. It was an occasion to honour residents of estates, businesspeople and those who keep their gardens looking exceptional during the year, thus contributing to helping Tralee retain its […]

PROSPECTIVE employers will make their way to Institute of Technology Tralee for their annual Careers Fair taking take place on Wednesday, September 25, in the North Campus’ BIT building from 11am to 2pm. Graduates, students and job seekers from Kerry are urged to attend and connect in-person with potential employers in […]

NEW Wave Adventure Therapy, based in Camp, has been named ‘National Winner’ in the 2019 European Business Awards. It was chosen from 2,753 businesses named as ‘Ones to Watch’ in a list of business excellence published in July and selected as a National Winner by a panel of independent judges […]

IT’S been open over a month now and already people are loving the artistic decor and tasty coffee at a new business in Tralee. Syphon Coffee Bar & Lounge is located at the corner of Courthouse Lane (where French Flair used to trade) and the emphasis here is on quality […]

A CROWD of over 90 engaged business community members came together on Thursday last at The Muckross Park Hotel to celebrate the success of two homegrown Kerry Businesswomen. With the theme ‘Kerry Women Can’, the Kerry Businesswomen’s Network event was filled with representatives of local businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, as […]

TWO Tralee properties will go up for auction online later this month. The next Bidx1 commercial auction takes place on Tuesday, September 24 and sees properties in Strand Road and Castle Street for sale. A portfolio of properties at Beechgrove House, 18/19 Strand Street, Tralee has a guide price of […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that July was a very busy month for sales with 36 properties changing hands around Tralee, fetching a total of €6,114,914. The property that sold for the most in the Tralee environs in July was for several […]

RADIO Kerry has received six nominations for the 2019 National Radio Awards. The annual awards, sponsored by IMRO, recognise the best in Irish radio and include local, national and regional stations in the 32 counties.   The 2019 event will take place on Friday, October 4, at the Lyrath Estate Hotel […]

GRADUATES from a software development course are currently engaging with potential employers at a Careers Week in Kerry College Monavalley Campus. With a worldwide shortage of STEM talent, companies in Kerry are constantly looking for initiatives to ensure a strong pipeline of software developers and engineers who can meet the […]

WOODIES staff in Tralee should be proud of themselves after they raised thousands of euro for charities over the past month. Staff took part in the nationwide Woodie’s Hero’s 2019 campaign with money raised for four charities — Child Line, Temple Street Hospital, Hand in Hand and Autism Assistant Dogs […]

SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor Pa Daly has said that the latest Daft.ie rent report published today is further evidence that government policy is failing renters. The data shows a 13.6% increase in rents in Kerry between the second quarter in 2018 and Q2 this year. The average rent in the county […]