Major European drinks group buys Laois drinks firm

A European drinks group has bought an Irish producer of Irish cream liqueurs and Irish country creams.

Quintessential Brands bought the First Ireland Spirits Company Ltd., which produces O’Mara’s Irish Country Cream, Feeney’s Irish Cream Liqueur and The Dubliner Irish Whiskey Liqueur, and was established in 1993 employing around 50 people.