Planning battle looms over West Cork whiskey warehouses

Eight hundred people sign online petition against major development near Rosscarbery

John O'Connell, director, West Cork Distillery and Deirdre Bohan, master distiller. O'Connell says he respects people’s right to object to the company's new development if they want to but says there is  "no need for mud-slinging from anybody.” 

More than 800 people have signed an online petition opposing the construction of a major whiskey warehousing development in a rural area of West Cork. 

The proposed development from Skibbereen-based West Cork Distillers would see a €16 million whiskey maturation complex, consisting of eight double warehouses extending to more than 24,000 sq m in floor space, built in the rural townland of Tullig near Rosscarbery.