Jerry broadcast from MTU’s North Campus in Tralee for Connect with MTU, a networking event for companies, community groups, and the public. He spoke to Anne Looney who’s MTU Kerry’s external services manager, Gerard Corkery who’s head of the STEM department, and John Moriarty of Rural Food SkillNet. He also spoke to Tim Yeomans who’s Shannon ABC manager, to Tim Fitzmaurice, ImaR manager, Dave Barry who’s a researcher in the circular bioeconomy, and to Kieran O’Donoghue who’s educational outreach manager with AgriTech Ireland. Michael Hall who is head of department at MTU Kerry’s health and leisure and Hazel Byrne who’s the manager of Kerry Sports Academy also spoke to Jerry.

The Platform Series aims to help Kerry organisations raise awareness of their work. Across a number of our shows, we’ll be hearing from groups or organisation in Kerry involved in the areas of gender equality, diversity and inclusion, media literacy, digital transformation or community development. This episode focuses on Network Ireland Kerry and president of the network Linda O'Mahony Logan outlines how it supports people and challenges business owners: Anyone interested in taking part can email [email protected] with some details of the organisation. Mark the email The Platform Series. The Platform Series on Radio Kerry is funded by Coimisiún na Meán with the Television Licence Fee.