E-Malt.com News article: Ireland: Diageo to open its new €168 million brewery in Dublin soon

Guinness producer Diageo is to open a new €168 million brewery St James’s Gate in Dublin, The Irish Times reported on September 10.

The new brewery, which was one of the largest construction projects to take place in Dublin in recent years, will consolidate all brewing by Diageo in Ireland at Victoria Quay, St James’s Gate.

The creation of the technologically advanced brewery was first announced in 2012 when Diageo said it would close its breweries in Kilkenny and Dundalk, with the loss of 100 jobs. The two plants manufactured Smithwick’s, Kilkenny ale, Budweiser and Harp Lager.

Diageo had originally planned a €650 million investment to overhaul its brewing activities in Ireland, but this was shelved as a result of the global financial crisis.



10 September, 2014