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Irish soccer hero Liam Brady guest speaker at St Brendan’s College

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Irish soccer hero Liam Brady will be the guest speaker at the tenth anniversary Liam O’Connor Show at St Brendan’s College in April.

The annual show, led by local musician and legendary accordionist Liam O’Connor is one of the highlights of the school year.
Past guest speakers included the voice of the GAA, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, president of University College Cork Dr. Michael Murphy, renowned rugby coach Joe Schmidt, legendary Hurling manager Brian Cody alongside RTE GAA commentator Marty Morrissey, rugby players Mick Galway and Tony Buckley, Kerry footballer Kieran Donaghy and Galway hurler Joe Canning.
Brady played 72 times for Ireland and his illustrious career included trophy-winning spells with Arsenal in England and Juventus in Italy.
Later he became an astute soccer pundit on RTE alongside Johnny Giles and Eamon Dunphy. His recently-published autobiography also reveals his broad musical tastes, including Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones and Pavarotti.
“As you can imagine, Liam Brady has enormous demands on his time, so I am absolutely delighted to announce his appearance as we celebrate 10 years of the Liam O’Connor Show at St Brendan’s College in Killarney,” said O’Connor.
Also appearing on what promises to be another momentous night for Irish music will be O’Connor’s own family band featuring Saoirse on vocals, concertina and keyboards, Oisín, who plays guitars, keyboards and percussion, and Cillian on drums, as well as the St Brendan’s College Choir and Music Group.
St Brendan’s College has a fine reputation on the music front, not least because of the skills of two remarkably dedicated music teachers in Niamh O’Connell and Mish O’Donoghue.
The 2024 Liam O’Connor Show will take place on April 18 at 8 pm at St Brendan’s College.Tickets are already available for purchase from www.ticketstop.ie

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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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