Irish Examiner view: Credit to Billy Alexander for flower show gold

There was much to overcome logistically in transporting hundreds of plants to the UK in the midst of Brexit and a pandemic

Billy Alexander, of Kells Bay Gardens in Kerry, has today received a Gold medal at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London.

Kerry-based gardener Billy Alexander deserves great credit for his extraordinary work at Kells Bay House and Gardens on the Iveragh Peninsula.

Mr Alexander, who swapped a career in banking for gardening, has won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Three years ago, on his first time entering the prestigious event, he won a silver-gilt medal.