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Great excitement as up to one thousand attend jobs fair 

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By Michelle Crean

There was a feeling of excitement about the future as up to one thousand jobseekers turned up to today's (Wednesday's) jobs fair - to meet with potential new employers.

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Pictured at the Jobs Fair in the Great Southern Killarney on Wednesday were: Camila Sciacca and Eilis Loughrey (HR Manager iNua Collection) talking about future job opportunities. Photo: Michelle Crean

VOLUNTEERS: Peter O'Toole (left) from the Mountain Meitheal and John Dwyer (right) from Killarney Tidy Towns pictured explaining about becoming a volunteer to Nataliia Sputai Olena Kuchura and Valentina Fediuehak at the Jobs Fair in the Great Southern Killarney on Wednesday. Photo: Michelle Crean

JOBS FAIR: Pictured at the Jobs Fair in the Great Southern Killarney (GSK) on Wednesday were: Joanne Griffin (Enterprise Officer SKDP) Paula Noguera Baro Milandi Basel (Group HR Director GSK) Fred McDonogh (Red Chair Recruitment) Inga Gedgaudaite (South West Engineering) and Katy Jacobi (Events Manager Killarney Chamber). Photo: Michelle Crean

BEER CAREER: Keelan O'Connor stopped by the Killarney Brewing and Distillery Company's stand at the Jobs Fair in the Great Southern Killarney on Wednesday where Ivan Ashe Muireann King and Paul Barrett chatted about a career in brewing. Photo: Michelle Crean

RECRUITMENT: Pictured at Wednesday's Jobs Fair in the Great Southern Killarney were Chloe O'Connor and Paddie Keogh from the O'Donoghue Ring Collection speaking to Alina Porovai and Sofia Burlakova about recruitment. Photo: Michelle Crean

Held in the Great Southern Killarney from 10.30am to 2pm, the South Kerry Jobs Fair, organised by South Kerry Development Partnership CLG in conjunction with Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, had more than 50 employers at their stands with over one thousand jobs on offer. Positions were available across all sectors with some employers having one hundred plus positions available to fill.

A number of other organisations who provide support services and educational opportunities for potential employees also took part in the event to ensure that all those who attended would be able to avail of all potential employment opportunities.

The event was aimed at helping jobseekers, many with a broad range of skills and backgrounds, meet directly with employers so that both sides could get to know each other in an informal setting.

Employers will now have the chance to follow-up with potentially suitable employees in the coming weeks.

SKDP’s Enterprise Officer Joanne Griffin said she was delighted with the turnout of both employers and potential employees at the event.

“There was a very short timeline towards organising this event and the response to it from everyone has been remarkable,” she said. “Between ourselves and the Chamber, we put a huge effort into organising the event and it was fantastic to see it was so well received by all.”

Speaking on behalf of the Killarney Chamber, Katy Jacobi said they were delighted to see a huge range of sectors represented on the day which was a huge enticement to the jobseekers to see the variety of employment opportunities available in the region at the moment.

Breda Flaherty of Dairymaster who was recruiting at the event said that she was delighted with the turnout and the calibre of potential employees.

“We got some very, very interesting and some very, very top quality CVs and there are definitely people we are interested in employing,” she said.

SKDP CEO Noel Spillane said that it was great that SKDP and the Killarney Chamber could link up in this pro-active way towards supporting both employers and potential employees in the region.

“We were delighted to work with the Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce in organising this event and we hope to continue this partnership, both with the Chamber itself as well as its individual members, through our range of support services to assist the development of all business sectors in South Kerry."

Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce President, Niall Kelleher, said the business community was delighted with the turnout and very happy to be able to put jobseekers and employers in touch with each other.

“This event could well have provided the opportunity many people were waiting for to embark on a successful and enjoyable career,” he said.

Exhibitors on the day included Liebherr Container Cranes, Killarney, Kenmare and Cahersiveen Credit Unions, Gleneagle Group, Sheahan Group, Killarney Brewery, AA Euro Healthcare, Fexco, O’Carroll Engineering, Tricel, Kelliher’s Toyota, Azucko, Kerry College, MTU, Resilience, Smart Loans, Total Telecoms, O’Donoghue Ring Collection, Finance for You, Great Southern Hotel, Exocover, Southwest Engineering, Kerry Respite Centre, HSE, Home Instead, Dairymaster, AIB, Corcoran’s Furniture, Killarney Park and Ross Hotels, Cahernane House Hotel, Red Chair Recruitment, Ballyroe House Hotel, Fill A Shift, GMIB, Brand Geeks, Muckross Park Hotel and Spa, Mr Price, Aghadoe Heights Hotel, 10 Bridge Street, SICAP and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare.

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Eight month wait for a driving test in Killarney

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A Killarney councillor is calling for action in an effort to reduce the driving test wait list in Killarney

The current wait list for a test in Killarney sits at eight months.

Cllr John O’Donoghue raised the issue at Monday’s full meeting of Kerry County Council.

He proposed that driving instructors should be employed to carry out the final test to reduce the current backlog.

At Monday’s meeting he asked that hat Kerry County Council would write to the Minister for Transport to ask him to consider giving driving instructors temporary powers to issue a temporary Driving Licence/Certificate of Competence to those on the waiting list for tests.

“The wait is currently far too long and the system is in danger of becoming completely overwhelmed,” he said.

“The huge waiting list for young drivers is well documented at this stage. In a case I am familiar with, a young person passed their theory test in January 2022 and he immediately applied for his mandatory 12 driving lessons. When these were completed, he applied for his driving test on the 2nd of December 2022. Some weeks ago, he still had not received an application to apply for his driving test. This wait is placing him and his family under considerable extra cost and stress which is completely unacceptable.”

In the course of his research into the matter Cllr O’Donoghue discovered that the next available date for a driving test in Killarney is May 25, 2024, while Tralee is June 3 2024.

“Bear in mind, these are only the dates on which you receive an invitation to book your test, the test itself will then be an estimated three to five weeks later.

“This is an appalling situation and one which needs to be rectified as a matter of urgency. I am proposing that driving instructors, which presumably are fully trained up on the rules of the road, be granted temporary powers to be allowed to issue temporary driving licences to young people. When the waiting list time has been reduced, I would still propose that these people sit the test as usual, but the current pressure needs to be alleviated as soon as possible. There is precedent as I believe that in the 1970s, a cohort in this country were issued driving licences without having sat a test as the wait time for the test was too long.”

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Ballymac charity vintage run on October 1

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The Ballymac Vintage Club is hosting a classic car, tractor and Honda 50 run on October 1.

The run will leave from and return to the Halfway Bar, Ballymac.

Registration begins at 9:30am and sets off at 11am.

“There will be two separate routes with one for tractors and the other for cars and motorbikes. Proceeds on the day are in aid of Castleisland Day Care Centre and we’ll have plenty of spot prizes to giveaway too in the morning,” said the club’s PRO Kieran Glover.

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