Presentation Castleisland students and entrepreneurs have finally received their trophies for their award winning entries in six county and two national competitions from the Kerry Local Enterprise Office. The Student Enterprise Programme begins in September each year, with county finals in March and the national final in May. “We have been very lucky to represent…
Kerry County Council has launched a new web portal which will serve as an online one-stop-shop for businesses in Kerry which need support and advice as economic activity begins to resume across a number of sectors. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, Kerry County Council has been providing a range of services and supports…
Local projects will benefit from an injection of funding to the tune of € 1,151,960 following the third call of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund according to Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, TD. “I’m delighted to see Firies Business Hub and Kerry Sci -Tech have been successful and will receive grants…
The county final of the Kerry County Council annual Student Enterprise Awards will be held on Friday, March 22nd at the Institute of Technology, Tralee. Up to 30 mini-companies set up by local second level schools will participate in the competition. The competition promotes the development of innovation, idea development, business structure, sourcing of finance,…
Five food and drink producers from around the county, have made a retail breakthrough this month by securing a space on SuperValu shelves through the Food Academy programme. Ollie Diggin, Ardfert Dairy; Paul Walker, Blair Farm Charcuterie; Nicola Lynch, The Little Juice Factory; Thomas Foley, Pyro desserts; and Orla Walsh, chocolate biscuit cake and quiche…
An American invention with a local connection has just been introduced as a sports training aid which has been brought to the Irish market, initially, by two Kerry men. James O’Connell, Laccabawn, Castleisland and Rory Kilgallen from Tralee had their product featured on the RTÉ One, Dara Ó Cinnéide fronted GAA Nua on Monday evening…
