Business/Property

THOUSANDS of holidaymakers will be making the most of the range of flight options at Kerry Airports as they officially launched their summer schedule including the popular Faro and Alicante routes. It’s not all about the sun with thousands more passengers planning cityscapes to Berlin, Frankfurt Hahn, London and Dublin, […]

CARA Credit Union has teamed up with Adams of Tralee for their famous 2019 Members Car Draw. The draw has proved to be hugely popular and Pa Laide CEO  of Cara Credit Union is looking forward to working with Adams. “Each year our car draw tender goes out to all the […]

A TRALEE native has opened a branch of an international company in town and they are looking for host families and companies to host their clients. Headquartered in Cork city, Partnership International is a work, study and travel organisation for international 18 to 24 year olds. Programmes include international graduate […]

THE inauguration of innogy’s  first wind farm in Ireland was officially celebrated last week by Hans Bünting, Chief Operating Officer Renewables, innogy SE, with the announcement of a €10,000 annual funding award to the local community within 5km of the wind farm and including the whole village of Knocknagashel. Pupils […]

A TRALEE business has won an award at a ceremony in Limerick at the weekend. The annual Irish Micro Business Awards (MBA) was the occasion for beard care and men’s grooming company, Beardsmith, to win the hotly contested best eCommerce Business award. Beardsmith beat out some great companies from all […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre and Code Institute are offering 14 fully-funded places on their upcoming Software Development Diploma (Full Stack) qualification which starts on May 27 in Tralee. In a first for Kerry, this accelerated bootcamp programme is the only classroom version of this highly acclaimed course run outside of […]

CARA Credit Union is the focus of a brand new eight-part RTE One series titled The Borrowers, commencing on next Tuesday, April 16 at 8.30pm. The fly-on-the-wall programme will take viewers behind the scenes and into a credit union loan office, for the first time ever on Irish television. Viewers […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: We are a family planning to move from Ireland to live in Italy. Will Italian authorities accept our Irish birth certificates? Answer: When you are abroad, you may need […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that February was relatively quiet for sales with 10 properties changing hands around Tralee, fetching a total of €1,303,500. The property that sold for the most in the Tralee environs in February was a house in Oakpark […]

THE Kerry Chambers of Commerce have issued a comprehensive joint-submission and have expressed a commitment to fight for changes to be made to the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) for the Southern Region. The Chambers have warned, in their submission, that the RSES document will adversely affect Kerry as […]

TRALEE-BASED financial planning practice, Premier Financial, have for the third year in succession, been nationally acknowledged as industry leaders, by winning the “Best Regional Financial Planning Broker of the Year” at the Oscars of the Irish Pension and Investment industry, the annual LPI Gala Awards which was held in the […]

THE annual Business Leaders’ Gala Dinner took place last night, providing a fitting denouement to the Cantillon Conference which was held earlier on Thursday. The Institute of Technology Tralee, in association with Deloitte, hosted the event at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee where the entrepreneurial achievements of Kerry-based business leaders were […]

EMPLOYERS came in large numbers to the annual Kerry College of Further Education Recruitment Fair entitled “Future@KCFE” seeking to recruit students who are about to complete a wide range of courses at the college. The college produces industry-ready graduates with in-demand skillsets so it was no surprise to see over […]

FOUR Kerry businesses were chosen to represent the county in the next stage of the ILDN Back to Work Local Enterprise Awards at an event held in Tralee last week during Enterprise Week. The national event is organised in order to recognise the successes of newly established businesses across the […]

EARLY milking was the order of the day on as six Credit Unions in the Kerry/Cork region joined forces to launch a new Agri Loan product called Cultivate. The launch held in The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney was supported by farmers and industry experts alike. The Credit Unions involved are Ballincollig, […]

THE County Final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards was held  on Friday in the IT Tralee and a Tralee school won the most Enterprising School Award. Presentation Secondary School won the award for its work in fostering entrepreneurship within the school and was presented with the […]

THE Busy Botanist was the winner of the €5,000 top prize in the annual IT Tralee Enterprise Showcase on Friday. This event provided an ideal opportunity for start-ups to make their pitch for the annual award. Exhibitors included past and current New Frontiers participants, IT Tralee Research Centres while information on […]

A KERRY spa has won the Hotel Spa of the Year at the European Hotel awards held in Geneva this week. The ESPA spa at the five-star Europe Hotel & Resort, Killarney was the winner of the prestigious awards which celebrate the best in luxury and hospitality across the continent. […]

THE NEWKD Strategy on Social Enterprise was officially launched today (Tuesday) in IT Tralee by Minister Brendan Griffin at 12.30pm. Social Enterprise is alive and thriving in Kerry across a wide range of sectors such as food poverty, transport, community gyms and centres, and older persons’ supports. Social enterprises have […]

NOLAN’S Londis on North Circular Road is the place to get great bargains this month as it continues its ‘March Madness’ promotion. The past couple of weeks has seen incredible value on a range of items and this week is no different at the family-owned business. From the deli counter, […]

KERRY Businesswomen’s Network brought Actress and author Pauline McLynn and rally legend and motor sport pioneer Rosemary Smith to Kerry to speak exclusively for KBN on International Women’s Day, last Friday, March 8. Over 65 women from across Kerry came together to mark the celebration of women’s social, political, and cultural […]

CHILDREN in Ardfert have been taking their first steps into the world of business with some innovative ideas at the school. Pupils from Mrs. Sheehan’s Sixth Class in Ardfert NS took part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme and have been working very hard since December, setting up their mini company. […]

A PRE-ELECTION Forum will take place on Thursday, April 11 from 8.30am to 11.30am at The Rose Hotel. This will be an opportunity for candidates in the forthcoming Local Authority Elections (in the Tralee MD area) to present their vision and objectives for Tralee and to address key matters from […]

A FOOD business from Annascaul is this year’s winner of the Kerry Enterprise Award for 2019. The top prize of €2,500 went to Thomas and Eileen Ashe, Annascaul Black Pudding Co., who will now represent Local Enterprise Office Kerry at the 21st National Enterprise Awards on Wednesday, May 29 in the […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance has encouraged the elected members of the Tralee Municipal District to place a greater emphasis on supporting businesses in the town’s retail and hospitality sectors before the local elections in May. The Chamber said the local authority needs to revisit, in collaboration with Tralee Chamber Alliance, the […]

TRALEE based financial planning practice, Premier Financial, have for the third year in a row, been shortlisted for the Oscars of the Irish Pension and Investment industry, the annual Life, Pensions and Investment (LPI) Industry Awards which will be held in the Mansion House, Dublin on Thursday, March 21. This […]

A TRALEE woman has been appointed as the new General Manager of The Kerryman newspaper group. Having joined the company in 1979, Siobhan Murphy has been the Sales and Marketing Manager since 2009. “I consider it a privilege to take the helm of a newspaper with such a long and distinguished tradition. […]

NUMEROUS community groups and charitable organisations have already benefited from Cara Credit Union’s Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards. Sean Roche, the Chairperson of Cara Credit Union’s Community Sponsorship Committee, said; “Cara Credit Union is very conscious of our ethos. One way of rewarding the trust and loyalty we receive from […]

A FINE Gael councillor has called for a meeting with the management of Dunnes Stores nationally, about the possibility of allowing the council take a lease on their Tralee town centre premises. The large property on Bridge Street has been vacant for many years now and Cllr Jim Finucane said […]

CH, one of Tralee’s best recognised retailers for over 50 years is about to undertake a major renovation of its store located at 31 The Mall, Tralee. The retailer whose store includes a pharmacy, opticians, beauty salon, photo services, cosmetics, fragrance and gift hall will this week begin work on […]