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Jana’s kindness helps raise funds for local Ukrainians

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By Michelle Crean

Giving to others is what one business owner does best and this week was no different as a substantial donation was given to local Ukrainians.

Jana Lalikova from the Czech Republic owns Perfect Therapy rehabilitation and physiotherapy practice at the Reeks and has fundraised for other causes over the past few years.

She felt such helplessness when news of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces broke and she and her staff were keen to do something to help.

Using their skills, they immediately arranged massage sessions with donations to go towards helping raise money to help those displaced by the war.

Two days were organised for the fundraiser, Saturday March 12 and 19, with each individual massage costing €30 for 30 minutes and in total €1,775 was raised.

"We wanted to do something to help," Jana told the Killarney Advertiser.

"The community is brilliant. Most of them paid more than €30 and there were people that didn't receive a massage and made a donation. I'd like to say thank you to the people who were amazing in how they supported this."

Initially Jana thought they'd donate the funds to the Red Cross Ukrainian Appeal but they have now decided to give the money to the refugees who have recently arrived in to Killarney town.

"We were sure at the start that we would give it to the Red Cross and we sat down and decided it would be better to help locally for the people who have arrived here. We decided to buy vouchers for Dunnes Stores and One4all as there are a lot of shops in town who take these vouchers. It's like a circle that the money is staying here too."

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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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