23 Nov
After the torrential downpours of recent days, Lough Leane rose by an estimated 6 feet and cutting off the clubhouse at Killarney Golf & Fishing club in the process. Here are two photos:
Hopefully it has dried out by the time the 3 Irish Open swings into town next August.
13 Nov
The Endeavour Programme for entrepreneurs, which last month attracted over 500 applications from up-and-coming business people, today announced a final list of 15 successful participants whose business concepts were chosen following a rigorous selection process. Each Endeavouree will now embark on a seven month intensive fast-track programme, designed to bring their business ideas to life.
1. Warren Healy (Furbo, Co. Galway) of Locallotto.ie, has developed software that allows clubs and societies to web enable the sales and management of their existing or new government licensed fundraising lotto.
2. David Harvey (Athlone, Co. Roscommon) of Emissions Control Systems Ltd, has designed a patent pending device that generates hydrogen on demand which is suitable for all internal combustion engines.
3. Donncha Haverty (Thurles, Co. Tipperary) of HKPB Scientific Ltd, has developed two technologies to an advanced stage for the medical device industry.
4. Keith Loughnane (Tralee, Co. Kerry) of FitNexus, has developed an iPhone application which aims to replace and surpass the pedometer and stopwatch.
5. Grainne Barron (North Strand, Dublin) of Foxlightmedia.com, operates an Internationalised Web Based service company providing digital development and online gaming content.
6. Diarmuid Brennan (Carrigrohane, Cork) of iKITMovie.com, has developed a computer software for PC windows, ideal for any kind of stop motion animation.
7. Paul Cooling (Kevin Street, Dublin) of Blue Box Holdings, has developed a revolutionary form of private online betting.
8. John Dineen (Kinsale, Cork) of learnpipe.ie, has developed a vertical (specialised) search platform which crawls the web to find training companies.
9. Stephen Griffin (Tralee, Co. Kerry) of Westwoodtp, has invented and patented a unique reversible door hanging system.
10. David McAvinue (Douglas, Cork) of Tenderflow Ltd, has developed software to fundamentally change how 3D modelling and animation can be sourced both locally and internationally.
11. John McGuire (Galway) of Active Mind Technology Ltd, has developed pioneering equipment that allows golf data to be recorded on a device worn by the golfer without any interaction.
12. Philip McNamara (Craughwell, Galway) of Inspire Nation, has developed a Web 2.0 premium messaging solution for retailers to respond to queries from consumers about immediate brand availability within their stores.
13. Connor Murphy (Ballincollig West, Cork) of CRM Pulse, has developed an enterprise relationship management tool that helps global professional firms increase sales and reduce costs.
14. Declan O’Sullivan (Killarney, Co. Kerry) of Bet-Tec, has developed a suite of services which deliver new and entertaining betting experiences to sports betters.
15. Michael Sheehy (Ardfert, Co. Kerry) of Gaelforce Wind Energy Ltd, provides an operations management service primarily for wind energy generating stations.
13 Nov
The Jarvey dispute won’t have a detrimental effect on the international tourism conference which begins in Killarney this weekend.
That’s according to the Vice President of Marketing and Sales with DERTOUR, Kevin Keogh. The German tour operator is holding its annual Reiseakademie or Travel Academy in Killarney, which will see over 900 German and Austrian travel agents, tourism industry professionals and influential travel media descend on the Kerry town for a two-week period.
Jarveys in Killarney are continuing to protest at the entrance to Muckross House in Killarney, as they’re being denied access to the National Park because of their refusal to attach dung-catching devices to their jaunting cars. Concerns have been raised by Fine Gael’s Olivia Mitchell that the striking Jarveys could spoil attempts to entice travel chiefs to the country. But Kevin Keogh says the Jarvey dispute won’t turn off the visiting travel agents.
The Chairman of Tourism Ireland and former Kerry Group CEO Hugh Friel says Dertour coming to Killarney is a major boost to the town.
via Radio Kerry News
26 Oct
South Kerry TD Jackie Healy-Rae has been listed among the the Dail’s top ten expenses claimants. A report in the Sunday Tribune ranks him sixth. Between 2005-2008, his travel and subsitence expenses ran to almost €300,000. Among Kerry TDs, Martin Ferris was second highest with €277,000, while Jimmy Deenihan claimed €254,000. Tom McEllistrim claimed €144,000 – less than half as much as Deputy Healy-Rae.
Figures for other Kerry deputies are not comparable because they did not serve as TDs continuously during that time.
23 Oct
A Kerry entrepreneur has scooped this year’s ‘Emerging Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Mike Fitzgerald is the founder of Altobridge. The company’s head quarters are in the Kerry Technology Park in Tralee, but it also has regional offices in America and Malaysia. Altobridge provides cost effective telecommunications solutions.
19 Oct
South Kerry TD Jackie Healy-Rae claimed more than €40,000 in travel and subsistence expenses in the first six months of this year. According to figures released to the Sunday Tribune under the Freedom of Information Act, Deputy Healy-Rae claimed three one-way trips to between Kerry and Dublin most weeks during that period. The independent deputy, who is 78, is entitled to a free travel pass on Irish Rail but declines to use it and claims expenses from the state for his travel instead.
via Radio Kerry News
17 Oct
Ryanair is cutting its winter flights between Kerry Airport and Stansted from 14 per week to 4. The airline says it’s because the London airport is one of its most expensive to operate from and is also blaming the impact of the Government travel tax. Ryanair says it will be increasing its Kerry – Luton service from 4 flights to seven per week. That means when this winter is compared to 2008 the overall number of Kerry to London flights drops from 14 to 11. Head of Communications with Ryanair, Stephen McNamara, says they are not using the travel tax as an excuse to cut back on routes.
17 Oct
The news that Killarney has been chosen to host the Irish Open golf tournament next year, has been hailed as a major boost for tourism in Kerry. Killarney’s Killeen course was chosen above rival applicants from Mount Juliet, Fota Island and Baltray, to host the event, which will be held over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Killarney last hosted the Open in 1992, when it was won by British golfer Nick Faldo. Mayor of Killarney, Michael Gleeson, said the news couldn’t come at a better time for the town’s business people.
14 Oct
Up to 40 jarveys have once again been locked out of Killarney National Park. The National Parks and Wildlife Service said it had no choice after the jarveys continued to refuse to attach dung-catching devices to their jaunting cars in the park.
The NPWS said it was compelled to take this action as a very last resort. In a statement issued this morning, the NPWS says the park remains open to everybody
In July, jarveys were stopped from entering the park because none of them were using the obligatory dung-catching device. Protests followed and the jarveys made an application for a judicial review which is still before the High Court.
In the meantime, the NPWS let them back into the park in the hopes that a resolution would be found with the help of an independent facilitator. However, the facilitator has now indicated that no progress has been made because the jarveys would not engage with him.
13 Oct
Two houses in Tralee, Co Kerry, have been found to have among the highest levels radon ever to be identified in Europe.
The two houses have the third and fourth highest measurements of the of cancer-causing gas in Europe.
Tralee and Castleisland have 15 of the 20 highest recorded measurements in Ireland. The Radiological Protection Institute says the latest finds were 70 times higher than what is acceptable – resulting in the residents being exposed to the equivalent of nearly 47 chest X-rays per day.
It has urged people in high-risk areas to get their homes tested immediately. Only 5% of those believed to be at risk have been tested. Radon is a colourless, odourless, tasteless gas which is generated naturally from the decay of uranium in rocks and soil.
Yet radon is also the second highest cause of lung cancer because it can build-up in a basement and then seep into a house.
via rte.ie
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