Jameson exports set to rocket with Irish Distillers’ €100m investment

FROM Aghada to Angola — the success of Ireland’s leading whiskey knows no bounds.

Exports of Jameson are expected to rocket further in the next few years following the announcement that its makers, Irish Distillers, is set to invest another €100 million in its flagship whiskey, which will result in the creation of 60 jobs in Cork and Dublin.

The Pernod Ricard-owned company is set to build an extra 24 15-metre-high fermenters and a new still at its plant in Midleton, Co Cork.