In Business

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Eamonn Sayers about the Prosper Kerry online shopping event, the Kerry Late Late Gift Show; Colin Donnery told us about job openings in Kerry and FRS Recruitment’s #70MinsofHome campaign which features a film of the Dingle Peninsula; Rob Pryce at Xtremepush explained how businesses in a hurry to get trading online are making compliance mistakes; and Will O’Brien, a Director of Cyber Practice at PwC gave advice to Kerry businesses on preventing themselves from...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Ballybunion woman Máire Griffin about her new organic veg processing business OrganiGo Ltd, which is based in Abbeyfeale. Oliver Kirwan of Killarney’s Elite Event Management talked about winning a €15,000 Vodafone bursary for the Box of Smiles project plus a the launch of crowdfunding for a proposed new sports app. Graham Gardiner of Dudes Foods in Brosna, a vegan and gluten free foods producer, told us about winning the Seniorpreneur award at Micro Business...

In Business - October 22nd, 2020

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Francis Moriarty, Director of PSC Taxation Services, Tralee who explained Budget 2021 for Kerry businesses and employees; Sarah Jane Grunfeld of Nutshell Training and Education, Killarney talked about wellbeing in the workplace, as part of Kerry Mental Health and Wellbeing Fest; and Niall Harty told us about Kerry’s Origin Bars rebranding to All Real.

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Sean O’Driscoll, CEO of iNua Hospitality PLC, owners the Muckross Park Hotel, Killarney, on a call for medium and long term measures to support the tourism industry in Budget 2021. Sean Mulchinock, Manager of Kerry International Film Festival talked about the festival moving online, and the impact of COVID on the film industry. Alice Dennehy, owner of Skellig Soaps, Cahersiveen told us about the demand for soap during COVID-19. Plus, Elliot Hughes of Dingle...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Ken Tobin, Chief Executive of Tralee Chamber Alliance about their Resilience Series of webinars for Kerry SMEs. Michael Brennan, Managing Director of Killarney Hotels Ltd told us about the Europe Hotel and Resort now operating on 100% green renewable electricity. John Fleming of Muckross Creamery talked about his journey through the SuperValu / Local Enterprise Office Food Academy with Muckross Ice Cream and its Blas na hEireann nomination. Shane Scanlan told...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Economic Development Officer at Kerry County Council, Bridget Fitzgerald and Helen McDwyer who’s on the marketing subcommittee of the Kerry Economic Stakeholder Forum about the new Shop Local campaign. Tralee brothers Paul and Neil Fitzgibbon of the Ard Rí Group talked about being finalists in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year and their recent jobs announcement. Plus, we heard about two new Kerry businesses - Career Ahead with Mary Lucey and Susan Crean Dental &...

This week Mary Mullins speaks with Killarney native John Ryan who has developed an app to help Kerry restaurants deliver food during lockdown. Mary also hears from Doireann Barrett from the Gluten Free Kitchen Company, who recently won a national award. She also speaks with those involved in the Code Institute and Kerry College about how the Covid – 19 Pandemic has provided opportunities in the technology sector.

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Pat Henderson of Faha, Killarney and John Bale about the development of a new online business for the treatment of alcohol and gambling addictions, the NalPlan Clinic. Also on the show, Mary spoke about the Student Inc programme at the Institute of Technology, Tralee – firstly to Ben Slimm, Marketing & Enterprise Officer at IT Tralee, then to participants Sinéad O’Mahony of Ómra Events, Dwight Bacalso of Stathlete, Jack O’Hara of StoryJakk, Clodagh Teahan of...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Tralee man Jerome Griffin who has developed SuperkidStories.com which helps parents and children create their own books. Reidín O’Connor, Members & Community Manager of the RDI Hub in Killorglin talked about the facility reopening after the COVID lockdown and the increased demand for space. Alexandra Bozic and Jonathan Clery from Killarney talked about developing The Official Kerry App; and Sabine Barry told us about her Killarney based Staycations Ireland,...

This week’s In Business focused on retail. Mary Mullins was joined by Heather O'Sullivan of John Ross Jewellers Tralee, John Walsh of Walsh Brothers Shoes Tralee and Killarney, and Jennifer Stack of Coco Boutique Listowel to discuss trading online; Peter Harty of CH Tralee, Alan O’Sullivan of Der O’Sullivan’s Tralee and Killarney, and Doranne Hickey of MacBees Killarney talked about what town centres are going to look like; and Martha Farrell of the Institute of Technology Tralee, Ken Tobin...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Shane Hassett, co-founder and CEO of Tralee business WAZP, about being recognised as a Key Innovator by the EU Commission in Innovation Radar Platform; Head of Bank of Ireland in Kerry, Deirdre Twomey talked about the Bank of Ireland Begin Together Awards and Fund, plus we heard from Begin Together Fund recipients Jasmin Stallard of New Wave Adventure Therapy Wild Project, and Liz Maher, Manager of Inspired, Tralee; James Greany, one of the two Dingle...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Niamh Hogan, General Manager at Promed, Killorglin about the company being 35 years in business and a surge in demand during COVID-19; Damien McCarthy, partner at Killarney HR & Payroll spoke about attaining Business All Star accreditation; and Head of the School of Business, Computing, and Humanities at IT Tralee, Mary Rose Stafford and Head of the School of STEM and Head of the IMaR Research Centre at ITT, Professor Joe Walsh talked about the variety of...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to Andy Kenny, Head of Operations at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, and Shane Edwards, Director of Food and Beverage of Truffle Honey - the new restaurant at the golf club; Kerry MEP Seán Kelly spoke about his appointments to three roles to lead EU policy on SME supports post-COVID-19; and Maryrose Lyons of Brightspark Consulting told us about their social media course for restauranteurs and the hospitality sector in partnership with the Restaurant Association...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to David Pierse, partner in Pierse Fitzgibbon Solicitors in Listowel about the new specialist commercial law unit they’ve opened; Damien Browne, CEO and founder of Kerry property technology company Standard Access, talked about developing software to work with existing CCTV for businesses to monitor crowd numbers during COVID-19 restrictions; and Teri Smith, a manager in the High Potential Start Up Unit in Enterprise Ireland gave detail on two funding...

This week Mary Mullins spoke to John Twomey, co-founder of Cork tech business Swoofee about Swoofee Food – their new product for bars, restaurants, cafés and takeaways. Paul McCann, Managing Director of Tralee based Schoolbooks.ie talked about the substantial rise in demand for their business due to COVID-19. Two graduates of the Code Institute, Zac Allen and Cormac Lawlor, talked about their experience of reskilling, while Jane Gormley, Director of Employer Engagement at the Code Institute...