Irish explosives market set to be blown apart

IRISH Industrial Explosives’ dominance of the €40 million-plus explosives market is to come under threat from a rival consortium who want to built a €10m production facility in Munster.

Irish Industrial Explosives, 50% owned by the giant international building materials group CRH, dominates the lucrative Irish explosives market.

Cork businessman Louis O’Regan of Aggregates Supplies and Transport is looking at sites which may be suitable for the construction of the first new explosives factory to be built in Ireland since 1964.