Distiller plans €100m project

BOOMING exports of Jameson whiskey have prompted Irish Distillers to announce a €100 million investment in its production facilities in east Cork.

Exports are rapidly increasing in the US, South Africa, Eastern Europe and Russia, and the distillery needs to expand its holding capacity to keep pace.

Tommy Keane, head of Irish Distillers distilling operations, said the company would build 40 maturation houses, capable of holding a total of 640,000 casks of whiskey.