Killarney Brewing company enters examinership aiming to save 100 jobs

High Court hears company is asset-rich and cash-poor

Killarney Brewing and Distillery Company produced premium Killarney beer, whiskey and gin at Fossa, Kerry, for both home and export consumption. Picture: Killarney Brewing and Distillery

Killarney Brewing & Distilling Company (KBD) believes the process of examinership will be a viable path to secure the company’s future, it said, announcing it has filed a petition for the appointment of an Examiner over the companies within the group.

Ten years ago, the company, which has strong Chicago links, opened a tap room on the Muckross Road and in 2022, it opened a multi-million euro brewing and distillery premises and a luxuriously fitted restaurant and visitor’s centre in Fossa, with picturesque views of the Killarney mountains and valley.