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At the announcement marking a €17million expansion investment at the Fox and Geese site which celebrated its 50th anniversary are (from left): Chairman and Chief Executive of Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard Anna Malmhake with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD and Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald TD.
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Û17 Million Expansion Announced at Irish Distillers Bottling Facility in Dublin
¥ 30 jobs across all Fox and Geese operations with additional jobs through supply and construction phase
¥ 60% more Jameson, Paddy and Powers Irish Whiskey to be bottled over next five years as exports set to double
A Û17 million expansion resulting in 30 new jobs has been announced today by Irish Distillers at an event to mark 50 years of bottling at its Fox and Geese facility in Clondalkin, Dublin. The investment, which was officially announced by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD, reflects the incredible pace of growth in the Irish whiskey category and will increase bottling capacity at the site from 5 million 9-litre cases to 7.5 million cases Ð or 90 million bottles Ð of Jameson per year by 2017.
The Fox and Geese bottling site was first home to bottling of Powers Irish Whiskey, which relocated from Drury Street in 1965. Irish Distillers was formed in 1966 and became part of global spirits company Pernod Ricard in 1988, which repatriated bottling of Jameson Irish whiskey to the Dublin facility. Last year the facility bottled over 60 million bottles of Irish whiskey.
Pictured were: Anna Malmhake, CEO and Chairman Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard, with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton T.D., Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald T.D.
Picture Colm Mahady / Fennells – Copyright 2015 Fennell Photography
