'Half the place would be blown to bits': The Cork villages under threat from Trump’s tariffs

Cork’s pharmaceutical industry, vital to the local economy, is at risk as US trade policies threaten small towns reliant on the sector

An aerial view of Janssen Sciences Ireland in Ringaskiddy.

Near Cork Harbour, under the shadow of factories and wind turbines, lies the source of some of the world’s biggest life-savers and givers.

Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, medicinal compounds for the treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn’s and Parkinson’s disease, all are manufactured within two miles of the deep port of Ringaskiddy in Co Cork.