Amgen a step closer to creating 1,100 jobs

THE largest company to locate in Cork in modern times has cleared its first planning hurdle on the way to constructing a massive biotechnology plant.

Amgen, which is the world’s largest biotechnology company is proposing to invest in a €800 million plant at Ballyadam, Carrigtwohill, and employ upwards of 1,100 people.

The American company was granted permission by Cork County Council yesterday to carry out site works and construct a signalised intersection on the main Cork-Midleton road to facilitate construction traffic. It is also in talks with Iarnrod Éireann to provide a rail link to the 133-acre site.