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A CAHERSIVEEN-BASED couple came second at the inaugural ILDN Local Development Enterprise Awards this week in Dublin. Katie and Tomasz Gwis of K & T Bakery and Restaurant won second prize for winning growth strategy which has seen their business create 15 jobs, through their bakery, café and restaurant in Cahersiveen. Derek Walker […]

A HAIRDRESSER with salons in Tralee and Castlegregory has come fourth in a prestigious international hairdressing championships. Cathriona Rohan, of Cathrionas Hair Salon at Mary Street, Tralee, has been recognised internationally as she and her team nabbed 4th place is the OMC European Hairdressing Championships. The awards, which are supported by the […]

AN initiative aimed at early stage rural based entrepreneurs is looking for Kerry-based female entrepreneurs to apply for a programme which has already helped Kerry businesswomen. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD welcomed the launch of the second year of “ACORNS”, a six month part time development programme for […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE  International Business Women’s Conference in conjunction with the Rose of Tralee International Festival was held on Monday in the Brandon Hotel and it was another great success. In its second year, the event gathered […]

THE International Business Women’s Conference to be held in conjunction with the Rose of Tralee international Festival will take place on Monday, August 22 in the Brandon Hotel and there is still time to register. Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan, called to sponsors AIB at their Castle Street branch to help promote the event […]

A NEW restaurant will create up to 10 full-time and part-time jobs when it opens in town this Friday. Le Rustique is to serve French cuisine and is located at a premises on Princes Street, where a number of restaurants have operated in the past. The premises has been vacant for […]

THE Kerry Protestant Hall building on Ashe Street has been sold. The KPH building, located directly across the street from the Courthouse, was built in the 1860s. One of the structure’s most eye-catching features is the clock that hangs over the entrance. The sale went through in recent months to a Cork businessman. Just last week, […]

UP to 20 jobs are to be created when a new restaurant opens in Tralee town centre early next month. Lana Asian Street Food, which has a restaurant in Galway and two in Limerick, is opening at a premises in Ashe Street which was previously The Dragon Inn and later the Royal Palace Chinese restaurants. Area manager, […]

ENTERPRISE Ireland this morning launched the International Business Women’s Conference to be held in conjunction with the Rose of Tralee international Festival on Monday August 22 in the Brandon Hotel. In its second year, the event gathers leaders from across the business and entrepreneurial spectrum to celebrate the business achievements and […]

A NUMBER of women from Kerry businesses were present for a special event in Clare yesterday. The Regional Women in Business Network 2016 took place on April 21 at Bunratty Castle Hotel was organized by Local Enterprise Offices Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Cork North and West. The event provided […]

STAFF at The Counter Cafe in Manor have been left devastated after they were told the Cafe is set to close its doors on Saturday, April 9, resulting in the loss of twelve jobs. The café, formerly known as The Streat, was taken over by a Limerick businessman, Brian Dunne, just […]

THERE’S a lot at stake on the Austin Stack Park pitch this weekend with Kerry in action in both hurling and football. Tralee is set to benefit too as they will welcome Laois and Cork supporters to the town for the clashes. The hurling game has a 5pm throw-in so it’s […]

THE Tralee Chamber Alliance will host a Business to Business Networking Event between 4-7pm on Wednesday, March 2, at Manor West, Hotel, Tralee. The event is free for Tralee Chamber Alliance members and will be an ideal opportunity for member businesses to meet face to face with a diverse range […]

A UK CLOTHING chain is to open a new store on Abbeycourt this Friday. A number of new jobs will be created at Mountain Warehouse – the UK-based discount outdoor clothing seller which has branches in Dublin, Wexford, Banbridge and Antrim – when opens next to Holland & Barrett on Friday afternoon. […]

OVER 70 family businesses were represented at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (CEED) Family Business Conference in the IT Tralee on Thursday. The event was designed to tease out what it takes to make a family business work and look at some successful second generation businesses that are thriving […]

LAST week I decided to pick ten successful people under 40 who are making a difference in their chosen fields. I gave you five last week (click here for last week’s post) and here’s the rest. 6. Gary Keane – Musician Ballinorig man Gary is half of the successful duo White Boys, with other member […]

2016 is a year that holds a lot of opportunities for each and every one of us be it in work, relationships or health. I have compiled a list of ten businesspeople from whom we could get our inspiration to succeed from as these people are certainly achieving their goals […]

PART of a retail park in Manor East has been sold for over €3 million at private auction. There were a number of bidders at the auction for the 10.23 acre site at Manor East held on Tuesday – overseen by Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean –  and the site went for above the […]

IT’S being reported that The Station House in Blennerville is to reopen its doors next year. The landmark Blennerville pub and restaurant has been closed for business since the beginning of 2013. It is reported in Kerry’s Eye this morning that the businessman running Tomasíns in Castlegregory, Nick Wang, will take on the venture. When contacted by Traleetoday.ie, […]

AN Ardfert woman became the 4,000th member of Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) at the Institute’s annual conferring ceremony, which took place in Croke Park this week. Anne O’Sullivan, who currently works for Fexco, previously completed a BA and MA in economics in UCC and completed her CPA studies […]

Advertorial OVER 32 years since first opening in town, Total Cleaning Supplies has come full circle with a new store in a location which has seen a huge rejuvenation in the last year. Since its foundation 33 years ago in the Tralee Shopping Arcade, the company has been synonymous with quality and reliability. […]

THERE has been application for a new Topaz petrol station on John Joe Sheehy Road adjacent to the Aldi supermarket. Corrib Oil Company Limited, have applied for permission to construct a two storey retail/office building and a petrol filling station on the grounds of the old John Mitchels GAA pitch. The development will […]

BRITISH supermarket giant, Iceland, are all set to open their new store in Tralee on Wednesday. It’s one of two stores opening in Ireland in the coming weeks which, between them, will create 70 new jobs. The other outlet is opening in Talbot Street in Dublin. Work was continuing on the […]

KERRY GROUP has come under fire from the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) for an advert deemed “unacceptable” as some thought it made light of tornado disasters. A TV advert for the Kerry’s, Denny Fire and Smoke Ham, range tells viewers it will “get your taste buds happier than a tornado in a […]

AN Ardfert man’s company has won a Gold Award at the Bank Of Ireland Start Up Awards on Thursday night in Dublin. Martin McGowan’s business, Ullcatch, won the Product Start-Up Of The Year category, mainly due to his product, the Bait Weaver, which is proving enormously popular with anglers. Continued below… […]

A FORMER Castleisland Desmonds GAA star, and recently retired Kerry Group Executive, will launch two new ventures at the Castleisland Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Exposé on Friday night, November 13, at 7.45pm. Michael John Kearney’s first venture, MJK + Associates Business Consulting, (mjkconsulting.ie) is a business consulting company, providing business advisory […]

IT’S always nice to get a bit of national publicity for our town and yesterday, local businesses got a great plug on a popular RTE show. Orla Diffily, who hosts a weekly fashion slot every Tuesday on RTE’s Today Show, flagged Tralee as a shopper’s paradise with everything from high street retail to […]

A TRALEE service station property was sold at a Dublin auction on Thursday for €490,000, making €90,000 over the reserve. The Monavalley property is at present let to Doon (Mayfly) Limited, and had a reserve of between €350,000 to €400,000 at the Allsop Auction where it was sold at the RDS on […]

BALLYGARRY House Hotel are currently in the midst of redeveloping their bar and casual dining facilities which will create new jobs upon its completion. The hotel is undertaking a new development broken into two phases. The first will involve removing the former N21 road, building a new gated entrance, 70 additional car […]

Sponsored Content IF you haven’t been down to AIB for a while, then you’re in for a surprise when you next visit the Castle Street branch. The premises has been completely transformed over the past couple of months  to provide a banking experience that suits today’s busy customer. Gone are the lengthy queues and in […]