Guinness to upgrade St James’s Gate but Leixlip brewery plan on hold

DIAGEO has confirmed its intention to invest €153 million in upgrading and expanding its iconic Guinness Brewery at St James’s Gate in Dublin over the next two years.

The move is effectively a scaled-down version of expansion plans it announced in 2008 before they were mothballed.

Back then, Diageo said it was going to renovate St James’s Gate and build a new 73-acre brewery in Leixlip, Co Kildare for a combined investment of €650m.