Irish forecourt and motorway services station operator Applegreen expects to take a hit to profits this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak, but said it is too early to estimate how much lower profits will be.

Sales of Jameson Irish Whiskey helped drive first half revenues at parent group Pernod Ricard, but the French drinks giant has warned the coronavirus will hit its full-year top line figures.

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Drinks company Pernod Ricard has reported its strongest earnings growth in seven years, largely boosted by a 6% jump in global sales of Jameson Irish Whiskey.

Drinks giant Pernod Ricard has reported its strongest earnings growth in seven years, largely boosted by a 6% jump in global sales of Jameson Irish Whiskey.

When James Joyce opined a century ago that “the light music of whiskey falling into glasses makes an agreeable interlude”, little did he realise just how agreeable it would ultimately become as an Irish export success story.

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Activist investor Elliott has kept up the pressure on French spirits group Pernod Ricard, welcoming this week’s first-half results, but calling for boardroom changes and better margins.

Sales of Tullamore Dew whiskey grew by 9% last year, with its owner claiming the gap is narrowing between it and Irish whiskey market leader Jameson.

A man who died following a work-place accident at an Irish Distillers facility in Co Cork was named locally last night as Dominic Knowles.

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French drinks company Pernod Ricard has said it expects further good sales growth in its current financial year, largely driven by the performance of Jameson whiskey in the US and Europe.

Plans are being drawn up to bring in more tourists to an East Cork village by opening up a 30m-high round tower and 11th century cathedral.

In a lonely landscape near Castletownbere four friends gather by candlelight with two bottles of Jamesons and some memories to share. Here is an exclusive extract from Billy O’Callaghan’s new novel, The Dead House.

Spanish premium beer producer Hijos de Rivera is to take a significant shareholding in the Carlow Brewing Company, the company behind O’Hara’s craft beer range.

Sales of Jameson Irish Whiskey increased by 20% in value and by 16% volume-wise in the six months to the end of December, significantly boosting parent group Pernod Ricard in the first half of its current financial year.

A €10.5m investment in Midleton Distillery will help grow the industry for the next 30 years, according to owner Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard.

Continued strong sales momentum for Jameson Irish Whiskey, in key overseas markets, helped international drinks giant Pernod Ricard make a positive start to its current financial year.

New Irish Distillers boss Jean-Christophe Coutures has, on the back of continued strong sales growth for flagship brand Jameson Irish Whiskey, launched a fresh attack on the Government for its high excise rates.

In the 1980s there were just two distilleries in Ireland. Today there are at least a dozen. Peter Mulryan explores this boom in his new book, The Whiskeys of Ireland, writes Leslie Williams.

Sales of Jameson Irish Whiskey helped drive a 4% rise in sales in the first nine months of parent group Pernod Ricard’s current financial year.

The festival once known as JDIFF (previously sponsored by Jameson) is now ADIFF, thanks to the involvement of Audi. But it's still the same celebration of cinema which we know as the Dublin International Film Festival.

Strong US sales growth for Irish whiskey brand Jameson helped boost parent company, Pernod Ricard’s revenues 3% in the last three months.

The outlook for the whiskey industry is “extremely concerning” due to the high excise duties levied against it which must be cut to ensure the sector’s future, it has been warned. 

Irish tourism should not be used as a smokescreen for a campaign by the drinks industry for cheaper alcohol.

Items at Monday’s sale range from chandeliers to toys, says Des O’Sullivan.

A renowned travel and adventure show which broadcasts to millions of people across the US has been touring Ireland this week.

A Cork micro-brewery has scooped six coveted medals at the prestigious World Beer Awards.

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