Clean-up costs at Roche Pharmaceutical's Clare site pass €150m

Decommissioning scheduled to be completed by year-end 2027

The clean-up bill for Swiss pharma giant Roche’s former manufacturing site in Co Clare now totals €150.5m in what the company describes as “one of the largest remediation projects of its type in Europe”. Picture: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg

The clean-up bill for Swiss pharma giant Roche’s former manufacturing site in Co Clare now totals €150.5m in what the company describes as “one of the largest remediation projects of its type in Europe”.

New accounts show that Roche Ireland Ltd recorded losses of €54.9m in 2024 as its decommissioning and remediation spend concerning its decision to exit manufacturing here continued to mount and now totals €150.5m over five years.