Up to 50 jobs are being lost in Tipperary, it was announced today.

Tullamore Dew’s €35m distillery is a landmark investment that will secure the brand’s production needs for the rest of the century.

Sixty years after it originally closed its doors, Tullamore Dew is opening a new €35m facility in Co Offaly today.

Whiskey exports are set to double by the year 2020 and double again in the 10 years after that, it has been claimed.

Work has begun on a €35m distillery to bring one of the world’s best-selling whiskies back to its roots.

Irish whiskey is the world’s fastest growing spirit, though coming from a low base, according to a report by Davy Stockbrokers.

One of the world’s best-selling whiskies is returning to its roots with a distillery reopening near the site where it was originally made.

Ireland is to get a €35m distillery that will resurrect the tradition of whiskey making in Tullamore, Co Offaly, bringing the production of Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey home after almost 60 years.

Planning permission has been granted to develop a multi-million euro tourist attraction at the Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre, in Tullamore, Offaly.

The Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre is to be redeveloped with the aim of doubling annual visitor numbers to 40,000, it was announced today.

TULLAMORE Dew Whiskey could be returning home after over half a century, as William Grant & Sons explore the possibility of building a new distillery in the town.

DRINKS group C&C said it will exploit takeover opportunities in Ireland and in overseas markets as opportunities present themselves in the coming years.

FOR a lot of Irish food companies better and more effective use of the opportunities provided by the internet has the potential to boost their sales.

IRISH whiskey is the fastest growing brown spirit in the world with global sales growing 10% each year.

THE new owners of Tullamore Dew whiskey are set to invest substantially in boosting the brand’s international presence; with particular focus on growth in Ireland, Britain, France and the US.

SCOTTISH group William Grant, makers of Glenfiddich whisky, is to offload three liqueurs for €129 million to Campari, five months after acquiring them and Tullamore Dew whiskey from C&C.

Spirits business and independent family distillers, William Grant & Sons, has agreed to sell its three liqueur brands Carolans, Frangelico and Irish Mist to Gruppo Campari.

SCOTTISH distillery William Grant & Sons (WG&S) has opened aglobal marketing officein Dublin, with a campaign for Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey as the first item on the agenda.

SCOTCH whisky group William Grant, which completed its €300 million purchase of the spirits division of C&C recently, could build a multi-million euro distillery in Clonmel as part of ambitious plans to grow its new Irish subsidiary.

Scottish distillers William Grant & Sons today completed its acquisition of C&C’s spirits and liqueurs business for €300m, with the deal including the brands Tullamore Dew, Carolans, Frangelico and Irish Mist.

C&C is to sell its Tullamore Dew-led spirits division for €300 million – a full €100m more than broker estimates of the unit’s value.

William Grant & Sons Holdings has entered into a binding agreement for the purchase of C&C’s spirits and liqueur business for €300m, it was announced today.

C&C IS rumoured to be in the early planning stages concerning the partial sale of its non-core spirits and liqueurs division, in a move which could free up funding for a bid for another significant acquisition in Britain sometime next year.

Scotland's best-selling lager, Tennent's, was today snapped up by C&C in a deal worth £180m (€204.4m).

THE makers of Bulmers and Magners cider, C&C, saw 16% wiped off its market value yesterday.

IRISH drinks group C&C has given a rare upbeat trading outlook after better-than-expected results in its cider division.

C&C today said cider sales were ahead of hopes after the summer heatwave and a new version of its leading drink boosted demand.

THE already downbeat business outlook at drinks group C&C got gloomier yesterday with the Dublin and Clonmel-based business saying that market conditions in its core markets of Ireland and Britain are likely to deteriorate further.

DRINKS group C&C’s move to replace former chief executive Maurice Pratt, with the former head of Scottish & Newcastle, could be just the tonic needed to boost the struggling Magners brand.

C&C today warned over half-year revenues as it revealed a 10% fall in cider sales so far this summer.

TULLAMORE Dew, the Irish whiskey brand owned by C&C, recorded a 20% increase in sales over the past 12 months, becoming the second-largest selling Irish whiskey in the world.

Shares in drinks maker C&C Group sank more than 10% today after the company warned it was facing higher costs as it struggles to cope with soaring UK demand for its flagship Magners cider.

C&C GROUP is looking to strengthen its spirits and liqueurs division through bolt-on acquisitions.

C&C, the Irish maker of Tullamore Dew whiskey and Tayto crisps, said finance director Brendan Dwan and a partnership of which he is a member sold stock worth €1.68m in total.

ISEQ-listed food and drink manufacturer, marketer and distributor C&C has reported operating profit up 13% to €124.7m for the year ended February 28, 2006.

IRISH whiskey could soon gains access to India, the world’s largest whiskey market.

IRISH whiskey makers are trying to crack the world’s largest whiskey market in India with the help of the Irish Government.

Drinkers swapping traditional tipples for Bulmers and Magners cider ensured drinks firm C&C Group celebrated a summer of sales and profits growth today.

IRISH drinks and snacks company C&C Group is to invest a total of €25 million at its Clonmel base to boost cider production.

British drinkers having their thirst quenched by Magners cider for the first time were today said to be behind an 8% rise in half-year revenues for maker C&C Group.

ISEQ-listed C&C Group will announce preliminary results for the year ending February 28, 2005, on May 10, the group’s first full-year report since floating on the Dublin and London stock exchanges last May.

Food and drinks firm C&C Group today said profits had risen 6% despite bad weather and the public smoking ban.