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A local business man has this week been appointed President of the Hairdressing Council of Ireland.
Sean Taaffe from Killarney, who runs three salons in Killarney, Tralee and Killorglin, a barbershop in Killarney town, and an education company, said this week that he’s honoured and fully committed to his new role.
The Hairdressing Council is the largest and leading industry body in the country and represents the totality of the industry. Sean is one of the Council members on the Apprenticeship Steering Group for the New Hairdressing Apprenticeship to be launched later this year.
This week he told the Killarney Advertiser that he plans to fulfil the promise of change and further development of the hairdressing industry.

“I’m delighted to take on the role of president of the council,” Sean said.
“These are challenging times in hairdressing between the VAT rate increasing, which we will continue to lobby the Government on, and the lack of people joining the industry which is something I really want to change. Also the apprenticeships which we have been working on since last March, I would really like to see this implemented during my term as president.”
Sean started out as a one person operator and currently has a team of 65 people in his five businesses in Kerry.
Never one to stand still, Sean is currently completing his second year in Professional Business Development at University Limerick to further enhance his salon and educational company.
In competition, The Sean Taaffe Salon Group is no stranger to winning awards having won Munster Salon of the Year and Salon of the Year in the Alfaparf and Schwarzkopf Business Awards. Sean has represented Ireland many times at world level bringing home Bronze medals from the OMC World Championships in Frankfurt and the OMC Asia Cup Open in Malaysia in the fashion Cut & Colour categories. Last year he became a Juror for OMC World Hairdressing Championships in Paris.
He is also proud to be a Trainer for the Alfaparf Hair Company in Precision Haircutting.