Pfizer pledges €300m to create 300 jobs in Cork, Dublin, and Kildare  

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Dr. Paul Duffy, vice president, Pfizer Global Supply. File picture: Julien Behal Photography

US drugs giant Pfizer has pledged it will invest €300m in its Irish operations, supporting the development of its existing manufacturing site in Ringaskiddy, alongside sites in Dublin and Kildare, to bring its workforce in Ireland to 4,000 people.

The investment will provide additional manufacturing and laboratory capacity creating approximately 300 jobs over the next two to three years.