A member of the Killarney BNI Chapter was named as Chapter Member of the Year at a recent ceremony in Tullamore.

The event was a celebration of BNI Chapters and members across the country; recognising remarkable individual chapter members as voted by their peers.

Tony Dunne, owner of local marketing company Kingdom Media and current President of the BNI Killarney Chapter was aS voted Member of the Year for the Killarney Chapter.

Meanwhile, the Killorglin Family Resource Centre was chosen as the Killarney Chapter’s charity for the year ahead.

Mairead O Sullivan, Deputy Manager at Killorglin Family Resource Centre said: “We are truly honoured to have been chosen as one of the charities to benefit from the awards night. This is a tough time for families and the funds raised will help greatly with the allocation we make to families in the coming weeks to support them through this time. Killorglin FRC provide low cost counselling and this year has seen a great increase in demand so these funds will allow us to offer more sessions to people who otherwise could not afford therapies.”