Business/Property

FEMALE entrepreneurs and budding businesswomen from across Kerry are being encouraged to look to the future and register for this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day after the line-up for the event was announced. The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) initiative, now in its 15th year, will be hosted by founder and […]

A FREE information meeting aimed at advising people how to reduce energy costs homes and businesses will take place next week. The event which takes place on Wednesday, September 29 at 7.30pm, at the Manor West Hotel, Tralee, is being organised by the Kerry Sustainable Energy Co-Operative (KSEC). It aims to […]

TRALEE-BASED company Wazp is to move into the former Borg Warner building in Monavalley and create 20 new jobs. It’s a €2m investment by the company will involve the creation of a new 3D printing facility. The 20 new jobs will be created over the next few years in product design, […]

THE Ard Rí group, headquartered in Tralee, have been chosen once again as a winner in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies awards 2021. The awards ceremony was streamed online on Wednesday and this year’s awards theme was ‘Adapting to Change’. Company CEO, Paul Fitzgibbon, sees the award as a recognition […]

KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced their new headline sponsor partnership with Kerry Airport. Running for its 22nd year, the festival will take place October 14 – 17.  Speaking at the launch of the partnership, CEO of Kerry Airport, John Mulhern said; “The Kerry International Film Festival is a […]

THE Playdium in Tralee has announced that it will reopen for the first time in 18 months on September 24. In a statement on their Facebook page earlier today, it was announced the children’s play facility would finally open its doors again. “I am pleased to announce that we intend […]

NATIONAL Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, will host a pop-up information event at Garvey’s SuperValu in Tralee on Thursday, September 9 and Friday September 10, with the events taking place from 10am to 4pm each day. These upcoming events […]

THERE was a significant rise in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to August 2020, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). There were 134 new car registrations in the county in August 2021 compared to 90 in the same month […]

FANCY a career at one of Tralee’s best and most established businesses? Well CH Tralee on The Mall are now recruiting for a number of positions. They are currently looking to recruit an Office Administrator to join their team (39 hours per week). The primary function of this role is […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that July was a very busy month for property sales around Tralee with 36 transactions taking place fetching a total of €6,279,128. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance has announced today that Chief Executive Ken Tobin will be stepping down as planned this September from his role. The Board are now leading a process to identify a suitable candidate for Chief Executive who will offer the capabilities and capacity to continue the work undertaken by […]

MANOR West Retail Park in Tralee is on the market with a guide price of over €55,175,000 according to a story in The Irish Times. US investor Marathon Asset Management has instructed agent Cushman & Wakefield to bring the site to market. The guide price represents a 6% discount on the […]

IT’S not often that someone gets the opportunity to work in their favourite restaurant. Business is booming in Kirby’s Brogue Inn since they reopened and the “landmark at the bottom of the Rock in Tralee” is hiring experienced staff for multiple roles. Chefs, Commis Chefs, Bar and Waiting Staff, Deli […]

A COMPANY is to create 80 jobs at a new store in Manor West later this year. The Range, a home, garden and leisure retailer, will begin recruitment for the full and part-time positions next month. The new outlet will be located in the former Debenhams unit at Manor West Shopping […]

THE Fitzgibbon Interiors Annual Stove Day in association with Henley Stoves takes place this Saturday 21st of August in our Manor West and Curraheen showrooms. Pop in store and speak with a Henley Stoves expert who will be on hand to give advice on the perfect stove model for your […]

A TRALEE woman has invested over €50,000 in her new business which is billed as Ireland’s first intelligent fashion search engine. Stylist Shauna Cashell, who has an online audience of over 67,000, has launched www.StyleSearch.ie which has been designed to ‘make shopping easy’, helping its visitors to make inspired fashion choices […]

BUS Éireann and TFI Local Link Kerry have welcomed a new and enhanced bus services in Kerry, connecting Tralee with the Dingle Peninsula. The Bus Éireann route 275 and TFI Local Link route 277 will connect Tralee to Dingle and Dingle to Dunquin respectively, operating seven days a week providing […]

A PRESENTATION was made to The Rose Hotel on Tuesday in recognition of their participation in the 50 Shades Greener Programme, which is currently running through the Business Support Unit in Kerry College. The hotel on Dan Spring Road is the first company in Co. Kerry to complete the programme. […]

A HOME care company is creating 20 new jobs in Kerry. Home Instead, which already has a 4,000-strong caregiver team working across every county in Ireland, is recruiting for 20 additional caregivers in Kerry, as part of its recruitment of 1,000 additional caregivers, who will be hired across the country. […]

DO you work in hospitality? Do you have to work weekends when everyone else is having fun? Do you crave a better work-life-fun balance? Then Ballyseedy Home & Garden might have the dream hospitality job for you. Over the last few months we have expanded our food offering with new […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that June was another busy month for property sales around Tralee with 21 transactions taking place fetching a total of €3,526,341. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in […]

STEPHEN Crookes from Mount Eagle, Brosna got a pleasant surprise when he recently opened a Cara Credit Union Current Account and applied for a globally accepted Mastercard Debit Card. As Cara Credit Union celebrated opening 3,000 current account since its launch in late 2019, they gifted Stephen with a cash […]

TEDxTralee takes place at Siamsa Tíre Theatre this October and the line-up is a diverse and exciting one. The independently organised event, licensed by TED, will feature local and national voices and TED Talks videos under the theme of ‘New Beginnings’. Local speakers include author Anthony Garvey and Caroline Reidy […]

THE Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys T.D. today turned the first sod at the €2.03m gteic@Baile an Sceilg development, a digital hub being developed on the Uíbh Ráthach (Iveragh) Peninsula. The Department of Rural and Community Development provided the capital funding in April of this year to […]

THE Directors of the Aqua Dome Tralee have today announced that, regretfully due to the continuing Government ban on indoor activities, the facility will not now reopen in 2021 and a new target date of Easter 2022 has been set. Having previously announced that it would reopen on July 9th, […]

KERRY Airport is due to commence discussions with Ryanair in the coming days ahead of the airline’s planned return to the Kerry-Dublin route later this month. Ryanair has notified Kerry Airport that it intends to operate the route once a day until the end of August and has committed to […]

BALLYSEEDY Home & Garden has announced their mid-summer indoor plant sale with discounts of up to 40% off. Whether you fancy treating yourself or someone special to an indoor plant, there is incredible value at Ballyseedy Home and Garden, July sale. Up to 40% off luxury plants such as the Aglaonema, Philodendron […]

Dreaming of a lawn that requires ZERO maintenance and looks great all year round? Kieran Donaghy of PST Lawns, outlines why they are Ireland’s leading supplier of top-quality artificial grass… For over 12 years we’ve been supplying top quality artificial grass to homeowners and landscapers all over Ireland. To date we […]

SHANNON ABC, a Research Centre and Technology Gateway based in Munster Technological University (MTU) and Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT), has secured significant funding of €700,000 from the Enterprise Ireland Capital Equipment call for new equipment. The funding, won by three separate applications, will be used to purchase equipment to […]

EDWARD O’Sullivan Solicitors, has joined forces with the long established law firm Michael Dowling and Co. Solicitors to create a new mid-sized practice with 13 staff including six solicitors. Diane Reidy, Managing Partner of the new firm O’Sullivan Reidy Solicitors, began her legal career more than 15 years ago under […]