ALDI have announced they are looking for people to fill 14 positions in their Kerry stores.
They have seven stores in Kerry in Tralee (2), Listowel, Castleisland, Killorglin and Killarney and Kenmare.
The jobs are for Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager and Store Assistant positions. Yesterday, the German retailer announced it is set to hire 500 new staff in Ireland this year and open seven new stores.
Aldi Ireland also confirmed that it will introduce a new minimum rate of pay of €11.90 per hour, matching the living wage rate recommended by the Living Wage Technical Group. The new rate of pay will be effective from February 1. For more on the jobs, click here
.Ken Tobin (Tralee Chamber Alliance), Shaun O’Shea (Sigmar Recruitment), Shane Walsh (JRI America) and Emer O’Connor (JRI America) are encouraging people to check out the range of job vacancies in the town. Photo by Dermot Crean
TRALEE is brimming with job opportunities and while potential candidates from around the world are welcome to work in Kerry’s Capital, lots of exiles who are home for Christmas are being encouraged to consider staying for good.
Tralee Chamber Alliance in association with many major and smaller employers in Tralee and the county at large have pooled their resources to highlight the many job opportunities that currently exist in Kerry.
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Tralee-native, Shaun O’Shea from Sigmar Recruitment, said: “Tralee has expanded in recent years to become a more vibrant city with lots of opportunities for young working professionals seeking a better work-life balance compared to cities such Cork, Limerick, Galway and Dublin and even as far afield as London. We recently expanded our operation in Tralee where a number of opportunities currently exist.”
Tweak, JRI America, ViClarity, Sigmar Recruitment, Dairymaster, Aspen Grove Solutions and Astellas Pharma have vacancies in IT Security, Development and Application Support, Data Engineering, Web/Software Development, Customer Service, Business Systems Analysis, Process Production Engineers, DevOps Software Engineer, Business Development Consultants, IT Recruiter, Graduate Market Specialist and QC Chemist.
Central Pharma have also just announced that it is to establish an EMEA accredited contract packaging and supply centre at the IDA’s Advanced Technology Building in Tralee, creating 100 jobs over five years.
The Managing Consultant with Tralee Chamber Alliance, Ken Tobin, said: “We realise that an essential part of life is to experience other places and cultures, but home is now more than where the heart is. If you are home in Tralee for Christmas, drop us a line at business@Tralee.ie to inquire about the exciting opportunities that exist with Kerry-based companies in Tralee. You may consider the option of working remotely for your existing Employer or set up your own business in Tralee. We’ll connect you with the key people, let’s see can we make your move home permanent.”
.Minister Brendan Griffin with CEO of Central Pharma Alwyn Smit and Martin Shanahan, CEO of the IDA, at the plant in Dromtacker on Monday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean
TRALEE received some good news this morning as 100 jobs have been announced for the IDA advanced manufacturing facility in Dromtacker.
Pharmaceutical company, Central Pharma, are to move into the facility and will create the jobs over a five year period.
Central Pharma is based in the UK and CEO Alwyn Smit said he was very impressed when he visited the location in Tralee with the IDA. The fact that the IT Tralee is located nearby was also a huge plus.
Minister of State Brendan Griffin TD welcomed the announcement saying it would be a huge boost to the economy of the county.
The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Norma Foley, has warmly welcomed the announcement. Cllr Foley said this was wonderful news for the town and for Kerry and represents a significant employment and economic boost.
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“The news that the IDA Advance Technology Building adjacent to the Institute of Technology Tralee at Dromtacker will now be home to 100 new jobs is hugely positive news for Kerry. The links which have been established between the company and IT Tralee are very important and have great potential.
The facility at Dromtacker.
“Kerry County Council has been working closely with the IDA and the government to attract a company to this facility and to help generate employment in Tralee. I am delighted that Central Pharma will be creating these new positions over the next five years.
“I wholeheartedly welcome this mornings jobs announcement by pharmaceutical company Central Pharma who are to bring 100 jobs to the technology park in Tralee over 5 years.”
Deputy Martin Ferris of Sinn Fein also welcomed the news.
” I and other public representatives have been highly critical of the role the IDA has played in Kerry with the massive imbalance between ourselves and Cork. This announcement is a badly needed injection of quality jobs which hopefully will see graduates from Kerry being able to stay in the county and spending their wages locally rather than in Cork, Dublin or London. This must just be a start for IDA investment and we should not have to beg for investment anymore.”
The President of Tralee Chamber Alliance, Aidan Kelly, also welcomed the announcement: “This is a fantastic Christmas present for the people of Tralee. Central Pharma have identified that Tralee is a suitable location from where they will serve their European customer base, while realising the potential that IT Tralee presents while recruiting their workforce. Tralee is an attractive location and is seen as a place that offers an excellent quality of life to those who live and work here. Tralee Chamber Alliance looks forward to collaborating with Central Pharma over the coming months as they begin to familiarise themselves with all that Kerry’s capital has to offer.”
BLUEBIRD Care in Tralee is holding an open day next week to recruit people for 20 new jobs in Kerry.
The homecare provider announced last week it was creating 450 jobs nationally across its 26 offices.
Staff will be needed nationwide after they secured tenders to provide care in all nine Community Healthcare Organisations across the country. The jobs will range from Clinical Nurse Managers to Care Assistants.
The Tralee BlueBird Care office in Godfrey Place, will host the open day from 10am to 4pm on Wednesday, September 19 for full and part time positions in health care assistant posts, as well as nursing and other positions.
Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘In Business’ programme, Financial Controller, Gerry Hartnett, said the number of new jobs to be created in Kerry/West Cork could rise to 35. For more check out the event page here
ICELAND set to open second its second Kerry store next week creating 20 new jobs.
The food retailer will open its newest store in Units 1 and 2 Old Mill Lane, Listowel on Tuesday, May 22. They have operated in Tralee since 2015.
The new Listowel store spans 8,200 square feet and stocks frozen food and fresh produce, chilled goods range and grocery essentials.
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Ron Metcalfe, Managing Director of Iceland Ireland commented, “Three years after opening in Tralee, it’s fantastic to be back in the Kingdom to open our second Kerry store. We have had a great response from customers shopping at the Tralee store over the last few years and are delighted to now bring Iceland’s great quality and great value products to the Listowel community.”
Anthon Russell, Store Manager of Iceland Listowel said, “We are very excited to open the new Listowel store on May 22nd and to show the people in this region of Kerry all that Iceland has to offer.”
TRALEE-woman Mandy Mc Kenzie Vass has been appointed as Admission and Discharge Manager at the Mater Private Hospital, Cork.
Mandy trained as a Registered Nurse in St Vincent’s Hospital Elm Park, Dublin and during her career she worked in Cardiology, Medical, Orthopaedics, General Surgery and Palliative Care Settings.
Mandy is originally from Tralee, where she lives with her husband Peter and their three children.
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The Chief Operations Officer at Mater Private Cork, John Mulhern, said: “We are delighted to welcome Mandy as a new addition to the team at Mater Private Cork. She brings with her a wealth of clinical and administrative experience.
Mandy has held senior management posts for the past 15 of her 30 year career, mostly in the Private Healthcare sector.
.Nick Belton (second right), General Manager of Borg Warner, Tralee, with colleagues this morning being filmed by RTE at the Monavalley factory.
BORG WARNER has announced an €11.5m investment in its Tralee factory in Monavalley which is expected to lead to 50 new jobs.
This is further good news for Tralee, after HQ Tralee announced this morning that it is to support 50 more jobs in building nearby in the next phase of their plans (see story here).
The company which is a leading supplier of advanced hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) technologies, is further extending its production capabilities in Tralee with this major investment.
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At an event today with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, the CEO of IDA Ireland, Martin Shanahan, Seán Kelly, MEP, and the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien, the company announced a €10 million investment in capital equipment and a €1.5 million investment in facility renovations to expand the plant’s engineering and testing capabilities, create new jobs and improve the facility’s environmental footprint.
With the support of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland, up to 50 new jobs could be created.
Beginning in 2017, BorgWarner plans to add a flexible manufacturing line for the high-volume production of high-voltage positive temperature coefficient (PTC) cabin heaters in order to meet the growing demand for thermal management solutions that add to extended battery-powered driving range of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Welcoming the announcement, Mary Mitchell O’Connor said: “This is great news for Tralee. BorgWarner is a world-class company at the cutting edge of technologies for electric vehicles and this new investment represents key wins for the government’s job creation policies. Expanding the manufacturing sector generally is a key priority for us and these quality jobs and projects in high-potential business sectors are exactly the type we are vigorously pursuing.”
In addition to expanding manufacturing and test capabilities as well as the facility’s office and warehouse space, the investment will add highly sophisticated assembly and test equipment.
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) is a global product leader in clean and efficient technology solutions for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. With manufacturing and technical facilities in 62 locations in 17 countries, the company employs approximately 27,000 worldwide.
.Joelene Wallace and Clodagh Moynihan of Oakview Village Childcare at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE first ever ‘recruitment festival’, RecFest, was held in Tralee yesterday on Abbey Street.
Stalls were taken by businesses from all around Kerry lining the pedestrianised way – between Yummy Cafe and the Abbey Inn – including PhoneWatch, The Rose Hotel, Fexco, Oakview Village Childcare and more.
Sponsored by AIB, the event allowed graduates and employers from around the county to interact in a relaxed and casual atmosphere. It was a great way for graduates to see what is out there for them in Kerry businesses.
The initiative was co-ordinated by four students from IT Tralee in association with the HQ Tralee – Rosie Brown, Joe Monaghan, Dale Brosnan and Lisa O’Mahony, who are currently on work placement with businesses in HQ Tralee. Scroll down for photos…
Tom O’Connor, AIB, Ken Tobin and Tom O’Leary, HQ Tralee and Sarah Leahy, AIB, at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Tracy Budd with Maura Mangan of FRS Recruitment at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot CreanCarly O’Donovan and Annette Gaughan of Bluebird Care at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Elaine McKenna, Alison Walsh and Marie Dennehy, Tralee Local Employment Service, at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot CreanJohn LaFerla, Joey Weeks, Jamie Kelly and Monica Ryan of FEXCO at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Carol Daly with Susan Kelly, HR Manager with the Rose Hotel at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot CreanIsabel Doody, Laura Clarke and Ian Rutland of PhoneWatch at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Tom O’Connor and Grace Boyle, AIB, ITT students who organised Recfest Rosie Brown, Lisa O’Mahony, Joe Monaghan and Dale Brosnan with Sarah Leahy and Mary Rose Cantillon, AIB, at Recfest on Abbey Street on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
PORTMAN Clarity has taken on seven new trainees, in partnership with the First Steps youth employment initiative, at its Tralee offices.
The travel management company, which has a base in Monavalley, is undergoing a period of transition after Portman Travel and Clarity Travel Management merged in November 2016 to form the seventh largest TMC in the country.
Significant investment is being made in Portman Clarity’s sites in East Kilbride, Edinburgh and Tralee.
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The Tralee investment involves further investment in training and development, with a new intake of seven trainees in late February at the Tralee training academy in partnership with the First Steps youth employment initiative
Following an extensive review and the November announcement of the Clarity Manchester office as Head Office, Portman Clarity has proposed to close its sites at Chertsey, Aberdeen and Newcastle.
The company says a migration plan is in place to ensure the smooth transfer of clients serviced by the closing sites and keep all operations ‘business as usual’.
Affected staff will be offered the opportunity to relocate to other Portman Clarity sites or apply for other internal roles. However, it is anticipated that there will be up to 50 positions made redundant.
ACORN Life is embarking on a nationwide recruitment campaign with five new roles available in the Kerry region.
The Life Assurance Company, which has an office in Ashe Street, Tralee, recently won the Deloitte Best Managed Companies (BMC) Award, and say they have over 100 roles to fill nationwide.
They are primarily looking for people who want to train to become financial advisors.
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Speaking of the recruitment drive, Pius Horgan, Agency Development Manager in Kerry said, “The last few years have been really great for Acorn Life – we have gone from strength to strength, all culminating in our most recent achievement – to be the first life assurance company in Ireland to win the prestigious Deloitte BMC award. On the back of our successes we now have a strong foothold in the Irish market and we need more people on our team to ensure that we can continue to grow”.
“We have no doubt that we will be able to fill the positions available with like-minded, hard-working and professional individuals, who have a passion for their work and who will be able to share in the passion that we have to grow our business,” said Pius Horgan.
EIGHT jobs will be lost when a town centre shoe shop closes in November.
Shoe Zone, at the Tralee Shopping Centre, is being closed as part of a rationalisation plan by its UK parent company.
The shop is in a prime location on Bridge Street, so hopefully will not be vacant for long. It comes as a blow after jobs were created in the town centre in the past number of months at Phonewatch, Lana Asian Street Food and Le Rustique.
.At the opening of the PhoneWatch Tralee Office at Denny Street earlier this year were Vincent Murtagh PhoneWatch Tralee Office Manager and Marc Ó Sé. Photo by Domnick Walsh
TEN new jobs will be created in a Tralee branch of home security company.
Based in Denny Street, PhoneWatch is looking for people to fill roles as direct sales representatives. At least 10 new sales executives will be recruited in the Tralee office over the coming weeks.
“We continue to grow our customers in the Tralee area and are delighted to be firmly rooted in the community here,” says PhoneWatch sales director, Allen Tully.
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In March, PhoneWatch opened its Tralee office creating 12 jobs in the process. PhoneWatch is inviting interested individuals to email their CV to directsalesrecruitment@phonewatch.ie (Flexible & Part-time hours available)
Allen Tully said “Phonewatch are continually recruiting, and I am encouraging anyone thinking of exploring a new career path to keep an eye on our website for future job opportunities”.
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 some time after Ristorante Uno moved to their current address on Ivy Terrace. The lease has been taken on by a couple from the French/German border, who have recently moved to Killorglin.
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Dagmar and Gunter Schwark are looking forward to the venture where the restaurant which will have an emphasis on French cuisine. Renovations have been taking place there and the business is set to open this coming Friday.
The premises has seen a number of restaurants housed there over the years, including Duffin’s – a favourite with Gay Byrne when he down for the Rose Festival in the 80s – Restaurant Uno and later Ristorante Uno.
It’s not the only restaurant opening in town this month. LANA Asian Street Food is to create up to 20 jobs when it opens on Ashe Street in the coming weeks.
TRALEE is set to benefit after an announcement of 150 new jobs in a recruitment company.
Sigmar Recruitment are hiring 150 new people in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Tralee where they have set up an office at Liber House in Monavalley.
The jobs are in recruitment, sales and digital marketing at both experienced and graduate levels with a significant number of positions available in locations outside of the capital to include Cork, Galway and Tralee. They are taking on six or seven people in Tralee initially, rising to 30 in the next two years.
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The jobs are announced as part of the company’s expansion plan and will more than double the workforce by the end of 2018. Fifty of the jobs will be delivered by the end of this year, with another 50 by the end of 2017 and a further 50 by the end of 2018.
Making the announcement Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD says: “Today’s announcement that Sigmar Recruitment, a highly innovative Irish company, is creating 150 new jobs in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Kerry is great news for the country.”
.The interior of the Castletroy outlet of Lana Asian Street Food.
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, Sean Crawford, told TraleeToday.ie that the Tralee outlet will create 20 jobs and the restaurant will be open by August 10 if not sooner.
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“It’s a more casual dining experience and affordable with all main courses priced €8 or below. While it is a restaurant the food is served in takeaway boxes. We have a beer and wine licence too and a machine where customers can make their own ice-cream, so there’s a fun, laid-back element,” said Sean.
They are currently advertising for jobs and applicants can visit their Facebook page (click here) and enquire about the positions by private messaging them for details.
The restaurant chain is owned by Stephen Lin and Michael Li who opened Kaya restaurant in Limerick in 2014. The businessmen opened their first Lana Asian Street Food restaurant in Salthill, Galway a year and a half ago.
Within the last six months they have opened two restaurants in Raheen and Castletroy in Limerick, while another outlet in Ennis is due to open this month.
.Liber House in Monavalley which was the Tralee base for VT iDirect up until recently.
THE company which will be creating 30 jobs in Killarney, moved from its Tralee offices because they said the new location offered the required infrastructure and ability to attract and retain talent.
Tralee Chamber Alliance CEO, Kieran Ruttledge, expressed his disappointment at the decision by VT iDirect and said Tralee offers the best resources in Kerry for all businesses.
Yesterday, VT iDirect made the announcement of the jobs which will be created over the next five years in their new location in the Reeks Gateway facility. The US company took over Altobridge in 2014 and moved from Kerry Technology Park to offices at Liber House in Monavalley. They made the move to Killarney few weeks ago.
Replying to TraleeToday.ie’s query about why they moved from Tralee, the US based company issued a statement yesterday evening.
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“The office space we had occupied in Tralee was always intended to be an interim solution, identified as such, since it enabled sustained operations as we undertook identifying a space that was most appropriate in supporting our long term location strategy.”
“After evaluating various options across the County Kerry area, The Reeks in Killarney was selected based on several factors, including location, infrastructure, and ability to attract and retain talent. All of the positions that had been working from the Tralee space have been successfully transitioned to the Killarney office, and in the past months we’ve added both additional full-time employees and seasonal interns.”
Kieran Ruttledge wished the company well, but said he was disappointed with the decision.
“Whilst Tralee Chamber Alliance welcome the planned jobs expansion of VT iDirect and their decision to relocate in Kerry we are disappointed that they have chosen to relocate outside of Tralee. We believe that Tralee offers the best resources in Kerry for all businesses and Tralee Chamber Alliance are trying to promote Tralee as a premier business location for Ireland. We wish the company every success in their ventures and hope that they will retain their links with Tralee and draw from the talent pool that the town offers,” he said.
AN American satellite-based technology company will create more than 30 specialised jobs over the course of five years in a new premises in Killarney, where it has moved to from its Tralee office.
VT iDirect’s new offices are located at The Reeks Gateway building in Killarney. In 2014, the US based company bought out Altobridge, which was based in Kerry Technology Park, Tralee and established an office at Liber House in Monavalley.
However, the company moved out of that Tralee office a few weeks ago to their new home in Killarney. We put a query to the company as to why they moved from Tralee, but they have yet to respond.
IDA Ireland’s CEO Martin Shanahan said; “This is a unique technology project in a regional location like Killarney. It will be a valuable addition to the telecommunications sector in Ireland, and will be well positioned to respond to continuous growth in demand for satellite technologies in the EMEA region,” said Mr Shanahan.
The project was warmly welcomed by Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD. “Bringing 30 quality technical jobs to County Kerry is very welcome and Killarney will benefit significantly from this investment,” she said.
The new engineering roles that will be created at the facility will focus on software, firmware, hardware, radio frequency and systems engineering technologies.
Other centres are located in Ottawa (Canada), Singapore, Cranfield (UK) as well as Herndon, Virginia (US).
.At the opening of the new PhoneWatch Tralee Office at Denny Street were; with Vincent Murtagh PhoneWatch Tralee Office Manager and Marc Ó’Sé. Photo by Domnick Walsh
PHONEWATCH has opened its first office in Tralee, and will be creating up to 12 new jobs initially, with additional jobs being created as the company grows its business in Kerry.
The offices at Denny Street were officially opened by Kerry GAA Star Marc Ó Sé today. PhoneWatch is actively recruiting for its sales team to lead the company’s expansion in the county and has appointed Vincent Murtagh from Tralee as Sales Manager for the new office.
He is very excited to be leading the PhoneWatch business expansion in Kerry.
“This is a very exciting opportunity for me personally and I’m thrilled to be leading the growth of the PhoneWatch business in Kerry. It also brings much needed new jobs to the county which is something I am incredibly proud to be part of,” he said.
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He continued; “PhoneWatch is a fantastic company to work for. It has a structured training programme, and provides daily coaching and mentoring which gives you every opportunity to progress in your career,” he said. “We’re always looking for the right people and I’d encourage anyone interested in a career in sales to talk to us, even if they have no sales experience”.
Details of new jobs available at PhoneWatch in Tralee and in other locations can be found at http://www.phonewatch.ie/careers-at-phonewatch or call PhoneWatch on 1850 442 700 to speak to one of the recruitment team.
Speaking at the opening, Alen Tully, Sales Director at PhoneWatch said; “People are becoming increasingly concerned about home safety. Almost every day the newspapers are reporting on burglary and rural crime. Up to the 30th of September 2015, 327 burglaries were recorded in Kerry and those are only the ones that were reported. The trends are suggesting that this is set to continue into 2016.”
He continued. “PhoneWatch is encouraging all householders to review their home security arrangements. We no longer live in a society where keys can be left in doors or window left open. Thieves thrive on rural isolated areas. The only way to adequately ensure that your house is protected is by installing a monitored home security system.”
.Pictured at the graduation of eight new employees in Portman Travel at the Fels Point Hotel on Tuesday were, front from left; John Dick, Chief Customer officer, Mary O’Reilly, General manager, Steve Allen, CEO, Loraine Corkery, and Niall Trant. Back from left; Piotr Wisniewski, Marie Mannix, Nicola Costelloe, James Lynch, Emily Reen, Garry Coffey, Katherina Greer and Bryan Tess. Photo By : Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD
TRAVEL Management Company Portman Travel, welcomed eight new full-time employees this week and there’s more jobs on the way for the town to bring a total of 24 new positions in two years by early 2017.
The new employees graduated from their in-house Academy training programme at their European Centre of Excellence in Monavalley, Tralee, where they were on a Jobbridge scheme.
Portman’s Academy was created and designed in conjunction with JobBridge, to develop new talent for careers in the business travel industry. The graduates represent Portman’s second Academy training programme, and the company has announced its plans for a third intake of trainees in July 2016.
The eight graduates were presented with certificates to mark the successful completion of their training by Steve Allen, CEO of Portman Travel at Fels Point Hotel on Tuesday night.
It was also an occasion to announce a multi-million euro contract with Primark and six employees at the centre will be dealing with the retail giant’s requirements.
CEO Steve Allen said: “I am delighted to be here today to congratulate our eight newest Academy graduates, and to welcome them on board as Portman Travel employees. Our Academy programme, in conjunction with JobBridge, has proven a real success for all concerned. It allows us to source excellent staff in the local area, who we train using our award-winning reservation technology PortmanOne”.
Portman has been operating in Tralee from Monavalley Business Park since 1999, under a local management team. The company manages the corporate travel requirements of a growing number of well-known Irish, British and European companies.
Portman Travel is one of the UK’s largest independent travel management companies, and started 2016 in winning style with two major awards at the recent Business Travel Awards, the industry Oscars held in London for Best Travel Management Company and Best Technology Product for their proprietary PortmanOne online booking tool.
.The new Mountain Warehouse store on Abbeycourt which will open tomorrow.
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.
The retailer sells own-brand discount outdoor equipment and clothing, such as waterproof jackets and walking boots, which the company manufactures in Asia.
The group employs more than 1,500 people in 228 stores in the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Last April it was reported that the Peacocks clothing chain from the UK were to create between 10 to 15 full and part time jobs at the same location in Abbeycourt, but that did not come to pass.
IF you’re thinking of a career in An Garda Síochána, then now is a good time to apply.
They have just announced a recruitment campaign for 600 new members in 2016.
“We’ve always attracted way more applicants than available positions,” Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said today. “We want to build on that, attracting people from every strand of Irish life to help us renew our culture while retaining our best traditions.”
Details of how to apply for the positions are available today at www.publicjobs.ie.
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When the moratorium on Garda recruitment ended in 2013 over 24,000 applications were received for an initial 300 posts. That, according to the Commissioner, is partly because of the variety of roles within the service, ranging from Community Policing to Detective work and Forensics , from working with their
Dog Unit to being part of the Mounted Unit. Secondments to overseas police services and to the United Nations also offer career development opportunities. Few organisations can offer such a wide variety of career options, experiences, and training and educational opportunities.
“When I joined An Garda Síochána in 1981, I was one of a tiny minority of women,” the Commissioner said today. “Now, over a quarter of Gardaí are women. I hope that trend continues, just as I hope we get lots of applications from every strand of Irish society. Why? Because we are of the community and should reflect the changes in our communities. We already have different nationalities and backgrounds represented in An Garda Síochána, but not enough. I want people of every background, right throughout the country, to think about joining us and help to make us a beacon of modern policing.”
An Garda Síochána will be working with the Public Appointments Service to reach as many potential applicants as possible through publicity, social media activity and engagement with representative groups.
Applications to join An Garda Síochána must be made through www.publicjobs.ie. The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 5th January 2016.
There are currently more than 500 trainee Gardaí studying for a BA in Applied Policing. Over 290 of these are attested and serving in local communities.
We’re kind of hoping the training methods have advanced since 1964…
.Manager Thys Vogel with architect Tadhg McGillicuddy and Proprietor of Ballygarry House Hotel, Padraig McGillicuddy in fron tot ht hotel where redevelopment work is taking place. Photo: Don MacMonagle
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 park spaces and creating a new traffic system for guests simplifying their arrival to a specific amenity within the hotel such as the Nádúr Spa, The Pavilion, Reception etc.
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The second phase focuses on the new casual dining venue but will also involve building new toilet facilities including disabled toilets, storage and plant rooms, new office space and a new lobby.
With this new addition to the hotel, Ballygarry House Hotel will be seeking to take on more staff adding to the 110 people already employed.
“The bar itself dates back to 1958 when the hotel first opened and the history and character of it is something that I – and many of our customers – wish to retain. I’m excited for this new phase in Ballygarry House Hotel’s story and look forward to welcoming old and new faces to the hotel in 2016,” said Padraig McGillicuddy.
Currently Leebrook bar can cater for 32 diners, but come April 2016 the new venue will be able to host 100 diners.
.Work is continuing on the Horan Centre premises which is to be the new Iceland store.
BRITISH supermarket giant Iceland is to open their Tralee store by early December creating around 25 jobs.
The store is to be located at the Horan Centre at the former Kiely’s Electrical shop near Argos on 665 sq metre premises.
Auctioneer, Ger Carmody, who handled the lease on behalf of the landlord, said work is ongoing at the premises and around 25 jobs will be created at the store which sells fresh and frozen goods.
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There were rumours circulating over the past year that the British giant was coming, but confirmation of the new jobs is a welcome boost for the town.
The store is expected to bring much extra footfall to the Horan Centre area and Ger Carmody said an adjacent 2,500 sq ft premises is vacant if any business is interested in taking advantage of this.
ELEVEN new jobs will be coming to Kerry as part of multi million investment deal with Killarney based company Mobacar and global car rental brokerage Auto Europe and venture capital firm Delta Partners.
The company currantly employs 30 people at their Killarney offices where the company is working on the world’s first intelligent car rental and ground transportation distribution platform for airlines and online travel agencies.
Mobacar have developed an intelligent distribution platform for all forms of ground transportation – car hire, transfers, motorhomes, motorcycles and helicopters.
The company connects online travel companies and their customers such as airlines and online travel agents to a global network of transportation options in real time.
Mobacar is the winner of PhoCusWright’s 2014 European Travel Innovator of the Year Award and has been invited to demonstrate Swiftfleet at the World Conference in Los Angeles in November.
.Ali Coffey Casting are looking for Kerry people for a TV commercial.
A COMPANY is looking for Kerry people to appear in a TV commercial, earning up to €4,000 for a day’s work…no acting experience necessary.
Ali Coffey Casting will be in Scott’s Hotel in Killarney this Sunday casting for the TV ad which will be partly shot in the county later this month and in September.
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They are looking for people of all ages to email them photos and a bit of information about themselves and they’ll get back to them before Sunday with a time for casting if they fit the bill.
Any adult selected can earn about €4,000 while kids can pick up a fee of about €1,750 and no acting experience is necessary.
Here’s who they are looking for:
• Scuba Divers – a mix of ages, male or female, definitely one guy early 30s.
• Two outdoorsy girls aged 15-16
• A boatman/fisherman in his 30s
• A female fire performer – able to juggle/throw fire.
• A Kerry based family made up of:
Dad in his 30s
Mum in her 30s
Boy and girl aged 6-12
Granddad mid 60s
People can apply on their own or together for the family so should think about their own family, friends etc. to see if there are some people they could apply with to make up this family.
The shoot dates: (each person just needed for 1 day) are August 25th / 26th / 27th / 28th / 29th / 31st and September 1st / 2nd.
You must be available for most of the shoot dates. If you are unavailable for any please indicate clearly in your email which ones.
When applying by email to auditions@alicoffeycasting.ie please put your AGE, whether you are MALE or FEMALE in the subject line along with NEW CAMPAIGN and the ROLE from the list above you most closely match.
In your email you must include your PHONE NUMBER and a COUPLE OF LINES ABOUT YOU, your personality and things you love to do along with 2-5/6 SNAPS OF YOU head and shoulders and full length.
Acting experience is not needed for most roles and personal pics rather than professional ones are fine.
The company will be back to those who fit the bill with a time for the casting.
Richard Bruton has launched a new jobs plan for the Kerry/Cork region.
THE Government has launched a ‘South West Action Plan for Jobs’ as part of its €250m regional jobs strategy with the aim of creating 40,000 jobs over the next five years.
The South West Plan will cover the Kerry/Cork Region and will target sectors of the economy such as agri-food, tourism, life sciences, manufacturing and ICT, as well as multimedia/content and the green economy, energy and marine.
If this plan is successful it would see the creation of up to 40,000 new jobs in the Kerry and Cork region by 2020, according to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD.
It is hoped that the plan will create up to 10-15% employment growth over the coming years.
The Government outlined actions in the plan to be delivered over the period 2015-2017 which include:
• Start-ups – a 40-50% increase in the number of businesses starting-up, scaling and surviving, delivered through a range of measures including more co-working space and mentoring for entrepreneurs and new funding through competitive calls.
• Exporting companies – 20% increase in employment in exporting companies, delivered by adding 30-40% to the number of IDA investments achieved, building an IDA advance facility in Tralee, 50% increase in enterprise-research collaborations and other measures to support growth in Irish exporting companies
• Skills – doubling the level of workforce training and development activity, delivered by progressing the Munster Technological University project, establishing an Employer and Education Skills Forum, doubling apprenticeships enrolment in the region
• Agri-food – 40% increase in output to 2020, including developing the region as an international centre of excellence in areas like agri-engineering, agri-food, seafood production and food product development
• Tourism – 33% increase in overseas tourist numbers and 40% increase in overseas revenue from the sector
• New sectors, including developing a Creative Hub for the content/multimedia sector, actions to develop innovative energy technology and solutions combining the regions strengths in research and enterprise, developing the green economy in the region and rolling out “smart region” infrastructure like i-beams and smooth sensors for traffic and utility management.
.Ciara Whelan and Jon Slattery of the TV3 Travel Show will visit Tralee next month for the ‘Learn From The Best’ seminar.
TV3 Travel Show presenters, Jon Slattery and Ciara Whelan will be the special guests at a major Tourism Information Conference being organised by Tralee Chamber Alliance at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee next month.
The ‘Learn from the Best in Tourism’ Conference, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, will feature tourism experts from three of Ireland’s most successful tourism towns – Killarney, Westport and Kilkenny.
The CEO of Tralee Chamber Alliance, Kieran Ruttledge, said: “A recent trip by some Tralee Chamber Alliance members to Westport, Co Mayo inspired us to stage this event. In Westport, they have got it right and, not unlike many other towns, we want to get it right too! We are always striving to learn more about how we can boost Tralee’s profile as the ideal holiday base. To that end, we decided to host a conference at which some tourism experts would share their knowledge and expertise with us and other like-minded towns.”
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The event will commence at 9.30am and the opening address will be given by former Radio Kerry Presenter, Jon Slattery and his fiancé, Ciara Whelan who co-present The Travel Show on TV3.
Jon and Ciara have travelled the length and breadth of Ireland promoting the cities, towns and villages and their respective tourist attractions to a mass TV audience. During their travels, and in their dealings with Local Authorities and Tourism Bodies, they have gained much valuable experience in what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to tourism.
There will be five presentations from accomplished tourism professionals and academics including Raymond Keaney, Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality at Dublin Institute of Technology. He will focus on where the tourism industry is at the moment.
Mike Buckley, Managing Director of Kerry Coaches, will outline how Killarney has developed into a leading international visitor destination and Simon Wall, a Town Architect to the town of Westport, Co Mayo will underline the importance of strong planning policy when developing a tourism strategy.
David McNulty from Tourism Development International will speak on the need to differentiate and the final speaker on the day will be Colin Ahern, Chairman of Kilkenny Tourism, who will describe how Kilkenny has been successful in Tourism Town and Tidy Competitions year after year.
Admission to The Learn from the Best in Tourism Conference on Thursday 11th June at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee, is only €100 or €80 if booked before May 30th. Students will receive a 50% discount.
To book a place at the conference: Cheques Payable to: Tralee Chamber Alliance and deliver or post to: Tralee Chamber Alliance, 18 Denny St, Tralee, Co. Kerry or Bank Transfer Bank Name: Bank of Ireland,Account Name: Tralee Chamber Of Tourism, Commerce & Industry Ltd t/a Tralee Chamber Alliance,Account Number: 96091460, Sort Code: 905838 – IBAN: IE57 BOFI 9058 3896 0914 60
For more information, please contact Kieran Ruttledge on +353-66-7121472 or emailKieran@Tralee.ie.
HAIRDRESSSER and entrepreneur Cathriona Rohan will open a new business in Tralee this week which is to create five full-time jobs and three part-time positions.
The new salon, located on Mary Street, will open at 9.30am on Tuesday morning and will be open Tuesday through to Saturday every week.
Cathriona, who has over 27 years of experience in the industry, already has a successful salon by the same name in Castlegregory, which has been in operation for over 12 years and has attracted customers who travel from all over the country for Cathriona’s services.
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“In last two to three years have been thinking about opening a second salon, so this certainly wasn’t a rushed decision,” said Cathriona.
“I drove my poor husband mad until I decided in January, that this year my new venture would be to open a sister salon in Tralee town. We have amazing clientele in the Castlegregory salon, and are extremely excited to extend our services to the wider Kerry market with the opening of a new salon in Tralee. I have to thank my husband and the girls who work in the salon for all their help and support in getting the new salon up and running, they have been fantastic. This new salon will help us accommodate more customers and I’m so excited to welcome everyone to the new salon,” she said.
The investment into Cathriona’s Hair Salon in Tralee is almost €20,000 and isn’t your typical salon as Cathriona has designed it to have a boutique and vintage, yet homely feel.
FORTY new jobs, to be situated at a Killarney company, have been announced this morning worth an extra €2.4m to local economy.
In all, 100 new jobs are to be created by Killarney based manufacturing and engineering group, Tricel, with 40 of these to be situated in the company’s headquarters in Killarney.
The new jobs, including graduate positions, will bolster the existing workforce of 250 based in Ireland, UK and France over the next 18 months and will strengthen operations in management, engineering, R&D, product development, marketing and manufacturing.
Exports at the company have increased to over 70% of turnover in just eight years and growth of over 65% in last five years. Tricel currently employs 100 people in Killarney.
This project is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through Enterprise Ireland.
Tricel is a European leader in the development and manufacture of advanced and specialised composite products from water storage tanks and wastewater treatment systems to construction and building products as well as specialist moulding and filler products for the manufacturing and automotive industries.
The new jobs also mean that the company will invest in more resources to facilitate its expansion across the company and it is hoped that many of the new graduate positions could be filled from local third level colleges in the Munster region.
Originally known as Killarney Plastics which was founded in Killarney in 1973, Tricel also established further operations in UK in 1993 and in France in 2011 from where it won ‘Best Irish Company in France’ award in 2012.
From 2010 to 2013 the company saw growth of 57% with an extra 75 jobs created then and has forecasted turnover to double in the next four years. This will be achieved by the continuing expansion into new markets and through the introduction of new and innovative products into recently newfound markets throughout Europe, Middle East, Australia and the American continents
Tricel Managing Director Mike Stack said: “Our main success and expansion was actually fuelled by the recession in Ireland which had a detrimental effect on our Irish market which forced us to increase focus on our existing UK market and also on further export markets. We bucked the trend and backed ourselves by making a multimillion euro investment in R&D and plant & machinery within this period.
“Amongst our biggest business achievements during this time was the fact in 2007 we exported 5% of our turnover and were highly dependent on the Irish construction market. By 2013 our exports had increased to 70% of our turnover. This investment has led to continuous process and design improvements which have ensured our current and future success. Being a privately family owned business we pride ourselves in supporting the local economy and where possible, local manufacturers and service providers are the preferred supplier choice. We’re very grateful for the assistance we’ve received from the Government through Enterprise Ireland which has really helped us grow our business and exports to help create these jobs”.
The Stack family were keen to point out that a game changer and turning point for the company was when they made the decision to enter the environmental market with a domestic waste water treatment system. As the success of this product became apparent in Ireland they made the decision to manufacture it in modular form which would allow it to be transported overseas at a competitive cost. This eventually led to the decision to assemble the product in their Gloucester factory to service the UK market and to open a purpose built assembly factory in France to service the French market.
BLUEBIRD Care in Tralee is holding an open day next week to recruit people for 20 new jobs in Kerry.
ICELAND set to open second its second Kerry store next week creating 20 new jobs.
PORTMAN Clarity has taken on seven new trainees, in partnership with the First Steps youth employment initiative, at its Tralee offices.
ACORN Life is embarking on a nationwide recruitment campaign with five new roles available in the Kerry region.
