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Kerry to roll out red carpet for largest gathering of travel bloggers
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KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL has welcomed the announcement that the largest gathering of travel writers, bloggers and social media professionals in the world will take place in Kerry next year.
The TBEX Europe conference will be held in Killarney from October 3 to 5, 2017, with up to 650 delegates expected. The conference will have an online reach of 300 million people.
Kerry County Council will play a major role in a working group along with Fáilte Ireland, the Kerry Convention Bureau and the Killarney Chamber of Tourism & Commerce to prepare for this prestigious event.
Attendees will include travel bloggers and writers, content creators and social media professionals. As well as attending the conference, they will be invited to participate in familiarisation trips around the region.
“This is a hugely significant conference for Kerry and taking place during the shoulder season it presents a wonderful opportunity to showcase the entire county to an international audience,” said Joan McCarthy, Head of Tourism Development with Kerry County Council.
“Kerry County Council will work with the other agencies to ensure that all of the delegates will have a rewarding and enjoyable experience. It is an opportunity for us to place our wonderful and breathtaking landscape in the world’s digital shop window. Hundreds of millions of travellers all over the world will have access to the travel blogs and social media output from our visitors.”
Pictured above are Rick Calvert, TBEX; Cara Fuller, INEC; Mary Hartnett, Kerry Convention Bureau; Ciaran McLoone and Ciara Sugrue, Fáilte Ireland; Breffni Ingerton, INEC; Johnny McGuire and Mike Buckley, Killarney Chamber of Tourism & Commerce, with Patti Lorraine and Michele Sapp, TBEX.
PICTURE: VALERIE O'SULLIVAN
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A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road.
The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near An Post’s sorting office, will include a variety of properties from five-bed houses to single apartments, along with a crèche and over 500 car spaces and over 300 bike spaces.
The development has been welcomed by local councillor Martin Grady.
“Killarney has a massive housing shortage so this is very positive. It will retain young families in the area, stimulating economic growth,” he said. “After 17 years of different planning applications it’s finally coming to fruition.”
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Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate.
Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits in the last week.
Local councillor Martin Grady told the Killarney Advertiser that residents are “living in fear” as a result of very serious incidents in the last week alone.
One house in the estate was badly damaged when fire crackers were placed inside a letter box.
Another house had its windows smashed in over the weekend.
“It’s a major problem,” added Grady after meeting residents there earlier this week.
One of the most serious incidents occurred on Tuesday night.
A passing motorists had rocks thrown at his car while driving along the bypass whch is adjacent to the estate.
Taking to social media, local primary-school teacher Pádraig O’Sullivan posted:
“Travelling home tonight, at 11.05pm on the Killarney side of the bypass our car was hit by a rock – not a pebble – from the Ballydribben side , which hit the passenger door.
“It was centimetres away from hitting the window where my father, who is visually impaired, was sitting.
“This could have caused catastrophic permanent injury to him.
“The Killarney Garda were on the scene within three minutes.
“They can’t be patrolling the bypass all night.
“It comes down to parenting. You should know where your children are at this hour and be able to teach them what’s funny and what ruin a person’s life or cause a fatal crash.“
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