€44m project to create 100 building jobs in Waterford

Up to 100 jobs are to be created during the construction of a drug production line in Waterford which will see the city become only the second manufacturing base of a major insulin brand.

The €44m announcement was made at the Genzyme biotechnology plant in Waterford City when Jobs Minister Richard Bruton visited the campus which employs between 500 and 550 people.

Mr Bruton said there was “a transition” going on between old employment sectors which were going through difficulties and “new sectors” which were creating jobs, such as the Genzyme facility.