US biopharmaceutical company could bring 1,500 jobs

CORK could be in line for a massive jobs boost following talks between Amgen, the giant American biopharmaceutical company, and the Industrial Development Agency (IDA).

Sources close to the talks, which are said to be at a delicate stage, have indicated the company, Amgen, is prepared to invest €1.3 billion developing a huge plant in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, making it one of the biggest single projects ever announced in this country.

Senior executives from the company, which is the world’s largest biopharmaceutical and employs 14,000 people, are understood to have visited Cork earlier this week.