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Ken Tobin of HQ Tralee speaking yesterday at the unveiling of the business centre as first hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO.
HQ TRALEE announced their plans for expansion yesterday, at the unveiling of the business centre as first hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO.
But they also announced two new initiatives which will help workers return to town and also assist local retailers in adjusting to e-commerce.
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Speaking at the official launch – performed by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD – Ken Tobin spoke about the plans for the future which has the potential to bring many more people back working in the town centre.
Maeve Moriarty (Maeve Moriarty Consulting), designer Rebekah Wall and Aisling Carmody (Creative Practice), all of whom have offices in HQ Tralee, at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mr Tobin said that in the next two weeks, they will start to develop the second block of HQ in the building next door, where they will have space for 15 more start-up companies, a dedicated hub for 30 remote workers and a space for a fintech, IT or service company similar to GBBG which currently occupies a whole floor in HQ Tralee.
“We’ve actually only reached the beginning of our story here. Right now there are 52 people working here out of HQ Tralee from 18 businesses in what was a former shell of a building,” said Mr Tobin, who, along with Tom O’Leary, co-founded the facility last year.
“Those jobs are generating hundreds of thousands of euro of income which goes back into the local economy, which in turn, creates and sustains further jobs. Shortly, we’ll be announcing two new initiatives enabled by our connectivity with SIRO.
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Dermot Crean of TraleeToday.ie, which has an office in HQ Tralee, with Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell-O’Connor, TD, Anne O’Leary, Chief Executive Vodafone Ireland at the Launch of HQTralee, Co.Kerry, the first recipient of Vodafone and SIRO’s, Gigabit- Hub Initiative. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
We’ll be announcing a series of direct supports which will help relocate remote workers back to Tralee, including helping them negotiate with their employers and providing them with free trial space in our new building. Secondly, we’ll be launching an online e-commerce platform and in-house training for local retailers and service providers,” said Mr Tobin.
For more information on HQ Tralee check out their website here. Scroll down for photos from the launch yesterday…
Manager of Bank Of Ireland Tralee Gerry Enright and Kieran Rutledge, CEO of Tralee Chamber Alliance at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Mary Rose Cantillon and Tom O’Connor, AIB Tralee, Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Joe Shannon, Manager AIB Tralee, at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Deputy John Brassil, Anne Falvey, GBBG, Aoife O’Shea, Zurich Insurance and Maurice Falvey from Nilan Ireland, at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Michael Scannell, Kerry County Council, Tom O’Leary, HQ Tralee and Catherine Evans, FEXCO, at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Charlie O’Sullivan, Kerry County Council, Cllr Jim Finucane, Chief Executive of Kerry County Council Moira Murrell, Tom O’Leary of HQ Tralee and Michael Scannell of Kerry County Council at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Manager of AIB Tralee, Joe Shannon with Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Colm Cooper of AIB at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor signs the inspiration wall at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Tom O’Leary, HQ Tralee, Josh Sweeney, developer at Harpoon, Derek Counihan, CEO Harpoon, Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Stephen O’Connor of SIRO, Anne O’Leary, Vodafone and Ken Tobin, HQ Tralee, at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Anne O’Leary, Chief Executive Vodafone Ireland, Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell-O’Connor, TD with Aisling Carmody, Creative Practice in her office, at the Launch of HQTralee, the first recipient of Vodafone and SIRO’s, Gigabit- Hub Initiative. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Anne O’Leary of Vodafone and Stephen O’Connor of SIRO about to visit TraleeToday.ie at the unveiling of HQTralee as the first business hub to receive two years of free gigabit fibre broadband from Vodafone and SIRO on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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