Opportunities and details of services that can be of benefit to businesses will be outlined to the attendance at a Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce members’ networking lunch this Wednesday. Tomás Hayes, Head of Local Enterprise Office in Kerry, will be the keynote speaker and he will give a fully informed update on the… Read More…
Author Archives: John O'Mahony
Business legend joins Order of Inisfallen recipients
Receiving major national and international awards, in recognition of his remarkable achievements in business, has been part and parcel of Brian McCarthy’s busy life but the latest honour, bestowed on him in Killarney, is one he said he will really cherish. The founder of financial services giant Fexco has become the latest recipient of the… Read More…
Poignant last journey through the town he loved so well
There were very moving and emotion-charged scenes in Killarney this Tuesday as the late Donal O’Grady made a poignant final journey through the streets of the town he loved and served so well. The former Mayor of Killarney, who retired from local politics in 2023, after devoting 24 years to public service, passed away on… Read More…
Kerry GAA stars support Oisin’s campaign
The East Kerry GAA Board is working closely with Irish Blood Transfusion Service to encourage members of the public to donate blood in Killarney in memory of the boyfriend of a popular Spa GAA club member. The donation clinic, in support of Oisín’s Campaign. will be based in the Killarney Heights Hotel over four days… Read More…
The Fine Gael transfer cavalry was never going to arrive
Dejected Fine Gael bosses in Kerry are this week stooping to pick up the pieces of what can only be described as a disastrous general election campaign with the party struggling to come to terms with not having a TD in the county for the first time since the 1940s. Although publican and auctioneer Billy… Read More…
