Cork Pfizer plant set to close in August

Pfizer has confirmed its plant in Shanbally, Co Cork is to close in August with the loss of 75 full-time jobs if they are unable to find a buyer for the facility in the intervening months.

The pharmaceutical giant also revealed they have been unable to sell their plant in Little Island to another drug manufacturer as a going concern. It is now on the market as a ‘commercial property opportunity’.