Four ‘significant inquiries’ made into former Amgen site

Four companies have shown strong interests in acquiring the former Amgen site in east Cork, which was once earmarked for 1,100 bio-pharmaceutical jobs.

Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton said IDA Ireland had confirmed that four “significant inquires” had recently been made about the site near Carrigtwohill and the authority was actively pursuing these.

In November 2010, US-owned Amgen finally announced it was abandoning plans for an €820m investment in the plant, located on the main Cork-Waterford road.