‘Pounds, shilling and pence closed Beamish & Crawford’

THE men who worked in Ireland’s oldest brewery discuss the devastating impact its shock closure had on their lives in an award-winning documentary to be screened on Monday night.

In a touching personal portrait of the stories behind the closure of Cork’s Beamish and Crawford plant last year, the men also speak of their love for the brewery, where in some cases, their fathers and grandfathers had worked.

Former worker Jim Cox told filmmaker Mike Hannon that the property boom sealed the plant’s fate.