One of the chief backers of the proposed Global Pharmaceutical Centre of Excellence (GPCE) planned for Tralee has been placed into liquidation.

THE backers of a proposed €4.7 billion pharmaceutical project in Kerry have criticised comments made by a junior minister in relation to their negotiations with the IDA and other state agencies.

THERE has been a dramatic new twist in the tug-of-war battle between Kerry and Derry for a multi-billion euro pharmaceutical project that has the potential to create close on 5,000 new jobs.

CRUNCH talks are scheduled tonight between IDA Ireland and the backers of an unprecedented multi-billion euro pharmaceutical project who are threatening to abandon plans to set up in Kerry and instead move to the North.

THE backers of a multi-billion euro pharmaceutical project, which has the potential to create 5,000 jobs, have threatened to scrap plans to set up inKerry and move the entire operation to the North.

ALMOST 300 jobs were announced yesterday as part of the first phase of a huge pharmaceutical enterprise planned for unemployment blackspot Tralee, Co Kerry.

IN a week when we heard unemployment has reached 14.6%, the highest figure in 17 years, any announcement about creating jobs is very, very welcome.

Three international pharmaceutical organisations have announced almost 300 new jobs for Co Kerry, as part of a proposed Global Pharmaceutical Centre of Excellence in Tralee.

ALMOST 20,000 Kerry people have signed a petition calling on Taoiseach Brian Cowen to ensure €51 million in state funding for a major pharmaceutical project in Tralee.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is due to meet the team behind a huge pharmaceutical project earmarked for Tralee in Government buildings tomorrow.

THE campaign to establish a major pharmaceutical centre in Tralee is being intensified and potential investors are due to visit the town between now and Christmas.