Mayor convinced pharmaceutical jobs will go ahead

THE Mayor of County Cork said yesterday he was convinced biopharmaceutical giant Amgen will proceed with its plans to create 1,100 jobs in Carrigtwohill.

Mayor John O’Shea (FG) has just returned from the US where he met with senior Amgen management at their headquarters in Redwood, California.

Mr O’Shea said he spoke with management for two-and-a-half hours and they explained to him why the proposed €820 million project had been put back two years, to 2012.