In partnership with Kerry County Council, the Valentia Island Development Company and the Valentia Transatlantic Cable Foundation, were delighted this week to welcome a delegation from Newfoundland who visited Valentia as part of the UNESCO Heritage project. Back in the late 1800's the then remote…
Read More
Celebrating Our Collective Success at Tralee Chamber Alliance Tralee Chamber Alliance is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Chambers Ireland Award in the Biodiversity and Sustainability Category. This esteemed recognition was presented by Chambers Ireland on June 6, 2024…
Read More
The Dingle Food Festival is leading out on sustainable approaches to festivals and events in Kerry, showcasing that simple choices can reduce waste to almost nothing. With great progress made through its elimination of single use tableware at the 2023 festival, organisers are moving closer in their…
Read More
Congratulations to Co. Kerry - which as a region continues to make an impact on the global sustainability stage - and out of 100 destinations benchmarked, including 42 new participants in the 2023 Global Destination Sustainability Index, Kerry ranks 19th overall, remaining in the top 20 benchmarked…
Read More
Coffee shops and hotels of Killarney have joined forces to try and eradicate single use coffee cups. Since taking this step towards becoming Ireland’s first town to become single use coffee cup free, the local businesses have seen a very positive reaction from both locals as well as domestic and…
Read More
Regenerative tourism in its most simple definition, seeks to ensure travel and tourism reinvest in people, places and nature and that it supports the long-term renewal and flourishing of our social-ecological systems (Dredge, 2022). Regenerative tourism offers a ground-breaking set of solutions to…
Read More
BBC One’s landmark nature series Wild Isles has featured an epic battle of stags during the Autumn rutting season within Kerry's Killarney National Park, part of the Kerry UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Legendary broadcaster Sir David Attenborough began the series with an episode aptly titled ‘Our…
Read More
