German firm honoured for contribution

The business community in Killarney, Co Kerry, has acknowledged the contribution of the Liebherr company, which employs more than 800 people in the area, to the national and local economy.

Killarney Chamber of Commerce and Tourism lobbied for an honorary doctorate for Isolde Liebherr, who was recently conferred with the honour by UCC.

Ms Liebherr and her brother, Willi, jointly run the German-owned multinational, founded by their late father Hans Liebherr who opened a crane factory in Killarney in 1958.