Diageo unveils plans for €200m brewery in Newbridge and to brew more Guinness at St James's Gate

Kildare brewery will be Ireland's second largest — it's a U-turn for Diageo which had closed several Irish plants in the last decade 

Brewing Rockshore, Harp, Hop House 13, Smithwick’s, Kilkenny, and Carlsberg in Newbridge will increase the capacity for brewing Guinness at St James's Gate in Dublin. File picture: Andres Poveda

Guinness-maker Diageo has unveiled plans to open a new €200m brewery in Newbridge, Co Kildare, where it will brew a range of ales and lagers, including Hop House 13, Rockshore, and Smithwick’s.

The plan will also free up space for it to make more stout for export at St James’s Gate.