Workers at Killarney Golf Club are to go on strike from May 7 over company plans to make 21 of the 41 staff redundant. The employees overwhelming voted in favour of the action.

Staff at Killarney Golf Club are to be balloted for strike action after management informed them that 21 are to be made redundant.

Killarney Golf Club has had all of its credit facilities withdrawn, management has confirmed.

Thieves who raided the clubhouse at one of the country’s oldest and most scenic golf courses caused extensive damage before making off with about €1,000.

Killarney Golf Club is to close its Lackabane course indefinitely as the tough times bite for one of the country’s leading facilities.

Killarney Golf Club Limited has commissioned Deloitte to formulate a three-year business plan to steer it through a potentially difficult future for the golf industry.

The outstanding Killeen course, venue for the Irish Open in 2010 and 2011, hosts the revived Killarney Scratch Cup today.

Many of the country’s leading amateur golfers have signed up for the Killarney Scratch Cup, to be played over the Killeen Course on Saturday, July 21.

Killarney Golf and Fishing Club is negotiating the potential sale of one of its three championship courses to German crane manufacturing giant Liebherr.

THE European Tour insisted yesterday no final decision has been made on the venue for the 2012 Irish Open — despite suggestions from Tour chief George O’Grady that the tournament will be boosted by “an exciting new package” next year.

WITH a sense of timing that was absolutely perfect, little Charlie O’Meara arrived into the world just hours after his proud dad stepped out of the limelight at the Irish Open Golf Championship.

THE European Tour carnival may have moved on to fresh pastures but for the staff left behind at the Irish Open’s host venue there is still plenty of work to do.

KILLARNEY Golf & Fishing Club officials are keeping their fingers’ crossed that the Irish Open will return to the shores of Lough Leane for a third year in a row in 2012.

THE picture comes easily to Maurice O’Meara.

THE BATTLE for the 2011 Irish Open has yet to begin, but already potential venues are lining up for the 2012 renewal, including a Killarney bid for three-in-a-row.

A RECORD crowd is expected at next week’s Irish Open in Killarney on the back of Darren Clarke’s and Rory McIlroy’s Major triumphs.

TWENTY years ago, PJ Carroll, the then sponsors of the tournament, invested a considerable sum of money in attracting Payne Stewart to compete in the Irish Open Championship at Killarney.

GIVEN the success of last year’s Irish Open, repeating the feat this summer would be a tall order in anyone’s book but Killarney Golf & Fishing Club general manager Maurice O’Meara is optimistic there is still room for improvement.

MEMBERS of Killarney Golf & Fishing Club who feared the withdrawal of 3 as sponsors of the Irish Open would set the club back €1 million can rest easy.

EUROPEAN Tour officials will announce early next week that Killarney has retained the Irish Open for 2011 — ensuring another €30m windfall for Kerry’s tourism capital.

KILLARNEY bucked the trend with green fee income rising 10% in the wake of the Irish Open, but the Kerry club still faces “tough challenges” in 2011, the club’s general manager Maurice O’Meara has warned.

KILLARNEY Golf and Fishing Club confirmed last night that they have reserved the week of the proposed Irish Open in 2011 pending a definite announcement that the championship will take place in July.

THE FUTURE of the Irish Open Championship hangs in the balance after telecommunications company 3 yesterday dropped their sponsorship of the tournament.

THE chief executive of Irish Open sponsors 3 is remaining tight lipped over the venue – and timing – for next year’s event.

THE 3 Irish Open hosts can be well pleased with their efforts.

KILLARNEY’s resident professional Dave Keating can quote you facts until tomorrow but one really knocks your socks off.

MAURICE O’Meara grew up in Malahide, a mile and a half from the gates of Portmarnock Golf Club.

A MEDIA reception at the Irish Consulate in New York.

FEARS of a recurrence of major flooding in Tralee have prompted a new study of at-risk areas of the town.

Some 75,000 golf fans are set to give Kerry a €30m tourism boost next year, business chiefs said today.

IT WAS only after “robust discussions” between sponsors ‘3’ and the European Tour that the August Bank Holiday was agreed as the date for next year’s Irish Open Golf Championship to be played for the third time over the Killeen Course at Killarney.

A ROW has flared over plans by a top golf club to cut down old lime trees which date to the mid-1800s.