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Killarney’s connection with World War 2 to be celebrated on July 13

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Killarney’s connection with World War 2 humanitarian Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty will be celebrated at a very special evening in The Gleneagle INEC Club on July 13.

Acclaimed novelist, Joseph O’Connor will visit Killarney to talk about his latest best-selling book, ‘My Father’s House’.
‘My Father’s House’ is inspired by the extraordinary story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty and how he and a band of activists saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Rome.

Join Joseph for readings from the book, and conversation with Philip King broadcaster - musician, producer and founder of Other Voices series, as well as live performances from soprano Sharon Lyons and countertenor Nils Wanderer.

Dublin-born Joseph O’Connor is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright and broadcaster. He is the author of ten novels including Star of the Sea, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book novel 2011), Shadowplay (Easons An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2019) and the international bestseller My Father’s House (January 2023).

Among his awards are the Prix Zepter for European Novel of the Year, France’s Prix Millepages, Italy’s Premio Acerbi, an American Library Association Award, the Irish Pen Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature and the American Ireland Funds Literary Award 2022.
His work has been translated into forty languages. In 2014 he was appointed Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.

Twice-Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey has written, ‘There are few living writers who can take us back in time so assuredly, through such gorgeous sentences. Joseph O’Connor is a wonder.’

Joseph will be signing copies of My Father’s House and copies of the novel will be on sale at the event. Tickets from €13 plus booking fee are on sale now from the INEC Box Office and ticketmaster.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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