Drugs giant to get green light for €1.3bn plant

UNITED States drugs giant, Amgen, is a step closer to setting up a €1.3 billion plant in Cork - which will create up to 1,500 jobs, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Cork County Council is on the verge of agreeing to allow 133 acres of farmland at Carrigtwohill to be used for industry in future.

The move, set to be agreed at a council meeting in February, means that California-based Amgen would be able to build and run a factory on the land.