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St Paul’s ladies’ contribution to club honoured

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THANKS: Siobhan Bennett (Team manager) presents Aine McMahon with flowers as a thank you for her support to the club – also in the photo are Anne O'Shea and Leah McMahon

By Sean Moriarty

St Paul's Basketball club recognised the contribution of its ladies' players during their National Basketball League home game on Saturday night.

APPRECIATION:Sofia Paska presents Yuleska Ramirez Tedja with her Most Valued Player award for her efforts against UL Sport Huskies last year.

AWARD:Lynn Jones won the Most Valued Player during a home game versus Limerick Celtics. She is pictured with her children George Heidi Caden after being presented with the prize during the half-time at the Women's Basketball National League Division One in the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday.

INTERNATIONAL: Jim Delaney chairperson of St Paul’s present Leah McMahon with a special award in recognition of her outstanding achievement representing Ireland last year.

PRESENTATION: Rheanne O'Shea won the Most Valued Player during a home game versus Portlaoise Panthers us pictured with Holly Shevlin who presented the prize during the half-time break at the Women's Basketball National League Division One game on Saturday.

PRIZE: Jim Delaney chairperson of St Paul’s Basketball Club presents Denise Dunlea with her Most Valued Player award from the game versus Dublin Swords Thunder during the half-time break at the Women's Basketball National League Division One game on Saturday

SUPPORTERS: Leah McMahon received an award from Beibhinn and Tadhg O'Donnell recognition of her outstanding achievement representing Ireland last season.

Since the start of the season, coach James Fleming has named his Most Valuable Player (MVP) after each home game.

The club presented each MVP award winner with a special trophy at halftime during the club’s tie with Dublin side Swords Thunder at Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday.

Lynn Jones, who is one of the sport’s longest servants in Kerry, picked up her award from the Limerick Celtics game earlier in the season.

Rheanne O'Shea won the MPV during the Portlaoise Panthers match.

Yuleska Ramirez Tedja was the MPV against UL Sport Huskies last year.

Deise Dunlea was the most recent nomination for an MPV award and she also received her award on Saturday night.

The team also honoured their Irish International player Leah McMahon and presented Leah’s mother Anne with flowers as a thank-you for her support to the club.

“The dedication of these ladies is unbelievable, we have eight games in a row coming up, five at home and one each in Belfast, Cavan and Dublin and they are all working or studying,” manager Siobhan Bennett told the Killarney Advertiser.

“Coach James Fleming wanted to show his appreciation for this dedication.”

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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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