Irish Distillers to create 800 jobs with €250m investment in new Midleton distillery

Once up and running, the new distillery will create up to 100 new jobs for East Cork.

Irish Distillers is to invest €250m to build a new distillery in Midleton, Co Cork, which will create around 800 construction jobs over three years.

The money will support the delivery of what the company describes as a new, purpose-built, state-of-the-art distillery which is expected to be operational in 2025.