Dulux to shut Cork plant after 140 years on Commons Road

Dulux said the closure will mean 45 job losses and operations moving to the UK

Most of the site’s current manufacturing volumes will be moved to the UK which will supply Dulux paint for the Irish market. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

Dulux is to shut its paint manufacturing business on Cork’s Commons Road by the end of this year with the loss of 45 jobs and ending a 140-year history of manufacturing on the site.

The company, owned by Dutch multinational AkzoNobel, confirmed the manufacturing site and warehouse is to shut with operations moving to the UK.