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Fassbender speaks of acting school for first time

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By Sean Moriarty

Hollywood A lister and Fossa man Michael Fassbender has spoken for the first time about his new acting school on New St.

Earlier this year, Fassbender and his former acting coach Donie Courtney opened the acting school at his parents’ former home and restaurant, the West End House.

This week the pair launched a promotional video aimed at attracting acting students to the school and to Killarney.

“When the first lockdown happened with COVID, I contacted Donie Courtney. He is the reason I am where I am today and how I got into acting in the first place.

“I called Donie up and I told him that I had an idea about trying to start a drama school or an Art Centre in Killarney and what did he think about the idea. He loved it and then I told him that I was going to try and use my parent's building, the West End House, as the centre. As the conversation developed, he was interested in running the school and for me that was the dream," he said.

“The vision for the school is for young people to come and explore the arts, to take risks, to challenge themselves, to fail getting back up again and then failing better the next time. We would love for students to come to Killarney and be part of West End House School of Arts and to experience the raw beauty and the cultural heritage that Killarney and the surrounding areas have to offer.”

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How will our Kerry TDs vote tomorrow?

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Tomorrow, Sinn Féin will be tabling a motion of no confidence against the Government after the protests that took place nationwide during the week.

Earlier today we asked our readers how would they vote in a no confidence motion against the Government?

Most of our readers said they would vote no confidence, while some said, yes they do have confidence in the Government.

One reader said: “Vote confidence. The only proper leadership over the last few days came from government. Courage came when needed despite how unpopular it looked in the moment. By contrast, opposition politicians wanted the country to burn to suit themselves”.

Another reader stated: “No confidence. Shambolic and heavy handed handling of protests this past week”.

However, some people didn’t have any confidence in either side with a reader saying: “No confidence in the no confidence! Different wings of the same bird! We need a complete overhaul of the political system”.

We asked the question to our 5 Kerry TDs before lunch-time today, asking them what their vote will be tomorrow.

We received one reply from Sinn Féin’s Kerry TD Pa Daly.

He will be voting no confidence in the Government tomorrow along with his party.

Other media outlets are reporting that Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae is undecided at the moment.

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Town centre-based software firm marks two years in business

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A Killarney-based software company is celebrating two years in business since expanding into the European market.

QT9 Software Ltd, which is located on Bohereencaol was established in 2024 as part of the company’s move to better serve customers across Europe.

The business is part of a US-based company founded 20 years ago in Chicago by Brant Engelhart.

Its Irish office is headed by Killarney resident Angela O’Sullivan, who serves as Operations Director.

QT9 Software currently employs four full-time staff members in Killarney and plans to increase that number by an additional two this year.

The company provides quality management software to businesses worldwide, with the Irish office helping to support European customers within their own time zones.

As part of its continued European expansion, the software company also opened a new data center in Amsterdam in 2025 to meet data storage and compliance requirements.

QT9 Software works with businesses that must meet quality standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 13485, as well as industry-specific regulations across sectors, such as automotive, aerospace, food and life sciences.

Speaking about the milestone, Angela O’Sullivan said: “We’re very proud to have grown QT9 Software here in Killarney over the past two years. It has been a really positive journey so far, and we’re looking forward to continuing to build our team and support more customers across Europe.”

The company is also currently recruiting for an IT Systems Administrator, with details available in the appointments section on page 46.

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