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New Car Sales Down Nearly 12% In April Compared To Same Month Last Year

New Car Sales Down Nearly 12% In April Compared To Same Month Last Year

May 1, 2018 at 3:16 pm Comments are Disabled

NEW car sales in Kerry took a dip of 12 percent in April compared to the same month in 2017, according to the latest official statistics released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) There were 131 new car sales in Kerry last month compared to 148 in April of […]

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Tourism Interests Invited To Hear Insights From Industry Expert At Free Seminar

Tourism Interests Invited To Hear Insights From Industry Expert At Free Seminar

May 1, 2018 at 10:01 am Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Tourism Industry Forum, supported by Fáilte Ireland, is hosting a seminar with renowned tourism industry expert, Dr Terry Stevens on Thursday, May 3, in The Brehon, Killarney. The half day workshop will examine the future of tourism in Kerry. It is free and is open to industry owners […]

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Aidan O’Mahony Launches New Fitness Website

Aidan O’Mahony Launches New Fitness Website

April 27, 2018 at 11:27 am Comments are Disabled

FORMER Kerry footballer and Irish ‘Dancing with the Stars’ winner Aidan O’Mahony, launched his new website, AOM Fitness, this morning. The five-time All-Ireland medal winner and holder of two GAA All Stars was renowned during his football career for his professional attitude when it came to training and nutrition. AOM […]

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Tralee Start-Ups Make Regional Shortlist For National Awards

Tralee Start-Ups Make Regional Shortlist For National Awards

April 25, 2018 at 3:16 pm Comments are Disabled

THREE Tralee-based companies are among six Kerry start-ups to make the regional shortlist for the National Startup Awards. StoryStock.com and myAccessHub are based in the Tom Crean Centre at Kerry Technology Park while Ulluv has a base in HQ Tralee. They are joined by Expert Software Test (Killorglin), Hazel Comyn Designs (Cahersiveen) and […]

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Manor West Food And Craft Fair Awards Launched

Manor West Food And Craft Fair Awards Launched

April 25, 2018 at 2:11 pm Comments are Disabled

MAYOR of Kerry, John Sheahan, launched the Manor West Food and Craft Fair Awards at the Manor West Shopping Centre and Retail Park last Friday. The awards, in association with the Kerry Local Enterprise Office (LEO), will be an opportunity for Kerry’s finest food producers and craftspeople, whose thriving businesses […]

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KCFE Invites Employers To Recruitment Day At The College

KCFE Invites Employers To Recruitment Day At The College

April 25, 2018 at 10:49 am Comments are Disabled

EMPLOYERS in Kerry and beyond are invited to attend a Recruitment Day being held at Kerry College of Further Education, Tralee on Monday, April 30 between 12noon and 2pm. The Recruitment Day event is being held in response to demand from leading employers and companies who wish to recruit KCFE […]

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Ballyduff Man’s Company Wins National Award

Ballyduff Man’s Company Wins National Award

April 24, 2018 at 9:55 am Comments are Disabled

A BALLYDUFF man has won a major business award. Aidan O’Carroll of Avalanche Designs won the eCommerce & Web Development award at the Business All-Stars in Croke Park last week. The Business All-Stars is an annual competition designed to identify, recognise and accredit Irish companies and individuals that have distinguished themselves in the […]

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Kerry Companies Invited To Enter Competition With €280,000 Prize Fund

Kerry Companies Invited To Enter Competition With €280,000 Prize Fund

April 22, 2018 at 10:13 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY companies might like to know about this competition. InterTradeIreland has launched its 2018 Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition, inviting innovative early stage companies to be in with a chance of winning a portion of the €280,000 total cash prize to help their business take flight. Open to businesses across all […]

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Hairdressing students from North Kerry College of Further Education at the Kerry ETB Fair at the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Huge Crowd Attends Kerry ETB Annual Fair

April 21, 2018 at 10:13 am Comments are Disabled

HUNDREDS of second-level students, school leavers, their parents, mature students, jobseekers and people who want to up up-skill attended the Kerry ETB Further Education and Training Fair at the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre on Thursday. There was a whole host of events going on with live skill demonstrations from hairdressing students, […]

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Kerry ETB Further Education And Training Fair Is Well Worth A Visit

Kerry ETB Further Education And Training Fair Is Well Worth A Visit

April 17, 2018 at 1:21 pm Comments are Disabled

EXCITEMENT is building for the Kerry ETB Further Education and Training Event of the year as the list of live skill demonstrations and event activities continues to grow. The event takes place on this Thursday, April 19 from 11am-6pm at the Brandon Hotel Tralee. And if you live outside Tralee, […]

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Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

Councillors Off To Brussels For Meetings At European Parliament

April 17, 2018 at 12:25 pm Comments are Disabled

A DELEGATION from Kerry County Council will attend a series of meetings at the European Parliament in Brussels next week to engage with Ireland South MEPs and EU officials on matters of interest to Kerry. The focus of the visit is on policy and recent developments at European level in […]

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A Major Conference Takes Place In Tralee This Week

A Major Conference Takes Place In Tralee This Week

April 17, 2018 at 12:02 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE will host planners from all over the country this week for the Irish Planning Institute Annual Planning Conference 2018. The event will be based at The Rose Hotel, but will also see many of the 220-plus people attending taken on a walking tour of Tralee on Thursday afternoon. Victoria […]

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Looking forward to the PROBUS event in Tralee next month were Liam Sayers, Kay Lewis Dick Spring, Mayor of Tralee Norma Foley and Charles Lewis of Audiology Medical Services. Photo by Dermot Crean

Mary O’Rourke And Dick Spring To Speak At All Ireland PROBUS Rally In Tralee

April 16, 2018 at 3:12 pm Comments are Disabled

  TWO of Ireland’s best known public figures from the last 40 years will be among the list of high-profile speakers at the 2018 PROBUS All Ireland Rally from May 15-17 in Tralee. Dick Spring and Mary O’Rourke, who have both served as Tánaiste over the course of their careers, […]

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Four Kerry Properties Fetch Nearly €600,000 At Auction

Four Kerry Properties Fetch Nearly €600,000 At Auction

April 14, 2018 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

A DETACHED five-bedroomed house in Ballyheigue and eight houses near Banna were among four Kerry lots which sold for a total of €594,000 at an online auction on Friday. Bidx1 (formerly Allsop) held the online auction where a detached five bedroom house at Dirtane, Ballyheigue, with a reserve not to exceed €120,000 eventually sold […]

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Tralee Company Issues Statement On Restructuring Process

Tralee Company Issues Statement On Restructuring Process

April 13, 2018 at 5:07 pm Comments are Disabled

ASPEN Grove Solutions has issued a statement in response to media reports on its current restructuring process. The statement by the company, which has its offices at a premises on the Castlemaine Road, says that eight jobs out a total workforce of 145 “may be at risk”. The statement reads […]

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Declan Breen from Tralee.

Tralee Man’s Slice Of The Pizza Chain Action

April 13, 2018 at 12:52 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE man is part of a new food venture in Dublin which it is hoped will see around 30 outlets opened around the country in the next number of years. Declan Breen, originally from Cloonanorig, has just opened NKD Pizza in Rathgar with two friends John Nolan from Wicklow […]

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Aspen Grove Solutions In Middle Of Restructuring Process

Aspen Grove Solutions In Middle Of Restructuring Process

April 12, 2018 at 6:13 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE-BASED company is in the middle of a restructuring process. Aspen Grove Solutions has offices on the Castlemaine Road where around 100 people are employed. There is comment from the company on whether this will mean any job losses, according to a report by Radio Kerry news. The restructuring process […]

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SPONSORED: Corcorans Massive Sale Starts Thursday In Tralee Store

SPONSORED: Corcorans Massive Sale Starts Thursday In Tralee Store

April 11, 2018 at 5:42 pm Comments are Disabled

HEAD on down to Corcorans Furniture & Carpets, Tralee for their Massive 4 Day Stock Clearance Sale starting tomorrow (Thursday)! Celebrating a year since moving their store to a fantastic new 20,000ft superstore in Manor Park, Tralee this store stocks the latest in home interiors from dining, suites, bedding, carpets […]

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Tesco In Tralee To Host ‘Great Irish Bake’ To Raise Funds For Temple Street

Tesco In Tralee To Host ‘Great Irish Bake’ To Raise Funds For Temple Street

April 10, 2018 at 4:56 pm Comments are Disabled

TESCO stores in Tralee will host a ‘Great Irish Bake’ to raise funds for their national charity partner, Temple Street on Friday, April 20. In 2017, Tesco stores in Kerry successfully raised €4,250 for the little heroes of Temple Street as part of the Great Irish Bake and are aiming to beat that […]

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Nominations Sought For National GP Awards

Nominations Sought For National GP Awards

April 8, 2018 at 11:41 am Comments are Disabled

GPBuddy.ie, Ireland’s most widely used online resource for GPs, is calling on GPs in Kerry to nominate themselves and their colleagues for the third annual GPBuddy.ie National GP Awards. The GPBuddy.ie National GP Awards recognise excellence in General Practice and Primary Care in Ireland. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony hosted by television […]

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Launching the 'Ask For Angela' campaign in Tralee on Friday were, Danny Leane of The Abbey Inn, Sgt Tim O'Keeffe, Bernie Moore of An Chearnóg, IT Tralee students Tomás Duane, Jacy Ybanez and Febielyne Nicolas and David Scott of Tralee Chamber Alliance. Photo by Dermot Crean

‘Ask For Angela’ Campaign To Help People Feel Safer On Night Out

April 6, 2018 at 10:35 pm Comments are Disabled

PUBS in Tralee, supported by local Gardaí, have backed Tralee Chamber Alliance’s roll-out of the ‘Ask For Angela’initiative for people who feel unsafe on a night out. The campaign encourages people who might find themselves in an uncomfortable situation to ‘Ask for Angela’ at the bar. When a customer uses the code-phrase ‘Ask For […]

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Taste Kerry Event Is A Must For People In Food Industry

Taste Kerry Event Is A Must For People In Food Industry

April 5, 2018 at 12:48 pm Comments are Disabled

TASTE Kerry’s Annual Food Showcase will see the launch of the Kerry Seafood Resource pack, an in-depth exploration of Kerry’s Fishing Industry and its communities, a valuable resource developed for the hospitality and tourism industry. The one-day TasteKerry Food Showcase will be held at IT Tralee on April 26, 9.00 am – […]

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Credit Union Warns Members About Phishing Scam

Credit Union Warns Members About Phishing Scam

April 4, 2018 at 10:24 am Comments are Disabled

CARA Credit Union is warning about a phishing scam which is targeting members. The newly-rebranded Credit Union with offices in Tralee, Killorglin and Castleisland, put a post on its Facebook page yesterday where they said members who have been targeted will receive an email from an address that seems legitimate, […]

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Chamber Calls On Owner Of New Site In Clash To Create Jobs Soon

Chamber Calls On Owner Of New Site In Clash To Create Jobs Soon

April 1, 2018 at 10:35 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Chamber Alliance is calling on the new owner of the former Goblin and Kerryman sites in the Clash Industrial Estate Tralee to move quickly to develop the area in the interest of creating jobs. It emerged earlier this week that the site has been sold and Tralee Chamber Alliance […]

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Four Kerry Properties To Be Sold At Online Auction

Four Kerry Properties To Be Sold At Online Auction

March 30, 2018 at 9:10 am Comments are Disabled

A DETACHED five-bed house in Ballyheigue and eight houses near Banna are two of four Kerry lots that will go to an online auction next month. Bidx1 (formerly Allsop) are holding an online auction on Friday, April 13 beginning at 8am. Among the Kerry properties is a detached five bedroom house […]

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Cara Credit Union Name Officially Launched At Open Day

Cara Credit Union Name Officially Launched At Open Day

March 30, 2018 at 9:10 am 2 comments

THURSDAY was a historic day for Tralee Credit Union as, after 50 years, the name was changed. It was decided to rebrand it as Cara Credit Union as there are now three offices in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin and the directors felt the name “Tralee Credit Union” is not fully […]

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New Development Planned At John Joe Sheehy Road/Slatts Car Park Area

New Development Planned At John Joe Sheehy Road/Slatts Car Park Area

March 28, 2018 at 11:19 am 1 comment

A PLANNING application has been lodged with Kerry County Council to build a pharmacy, cafe, medical offices and retail units adjacent to Slatts Car Park/John Joe Sheehy Road. The application is to build a three-storey mixed use development (c.2,217m) to consist of a pharmacy, a cafe and three commercial/retail units […]

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Tralee Company Wins Top National Accolade Again

Tralee Company Wins Top National Accolade Again

March 27, 2018 at 4:00 pm Comments are Disabled

FOR the second year in a row, Tralee based financial planning practice, Premier Financial, have won a top national industry accolade. They scooped the prestigious Best Life & Pensions Broker of the Year Award at the fifth annual Life, Pensions and Investment (LPI) Industry Awards in the Mansion House, Dublin, […]

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PHOTOS: Businesses Pitch For €5,000 At Enterprise Event

PHOTOS: Businesses Pitch For €5,000 At Enterprise Event

March 20, 2018 at 1:28 pm Comments are Disabled

A LOCAL company was the winner of the Kerry Innovation Challenge at IT Tralee last Friday. The college hosted its annual Enterprise Showcase where visitors had a chance to talk to those who took the plunge to set up their own business in Kerry including past and current New Frontier participants. The Kerry […]

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New Construction Groundwork Skills Course At Kerry ETB

New Construction Groundwork Skills Course At Kerry ETB

March 19, 2018 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

WITH an increase in planned building projects, national and regional infrastructure – demand for construction industry workers is on the rise. This year, the Irish construction industry is projected to grow by 14 per cent to €19.5 billion in value terms – following an increase of almost 20 per cent […]

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