Kerry distillery to invest €4m in business this year
The Irish Times
Skellig Six18 ramps up operations as it continues to raise funds for the business
Skellig Six18, which is developing a €10 million micro-distillery and visitor centre along the Ring of Kerry, is expecting to invest about €4 million in the business this year.
A Souderton firm played a key role in testing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
Philadelphia Inquirer
While the fanfare surrounding Pfizer’s recently approved COVID-19 vaccine resounds throughout pandemic-stricken America, a Souderton company that played a key role in its journey from test tube to approval is helping scores of other firms in their quests for successful encores.
Since early summer, Almac has been at the heart of the far-flung and intense search for drugs to combat the coronavirus, facilitating trials for the COVID-related products of at least 80 pharmaceutical and bio-tech companies, most notably the Pfizer vaccine that on Dec. 11 won emergency-use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Tourism Ireland planning 2021 kick-start recovery campaign with ‘hope and optimism’
The Irish Examiner
The latest Ibec Quarterly Economic Outlook for Q4 2020 outlines that, despite the ongoing challenge of COVID and the inevitable impact of Brexit next year, there is cause for optimism.
Recent months have again shown the continuing resilience of Ireland’s export-driven growth model during a difficult period. Ireland looks to be on course to be the only country in Europe with growing exports and potentially a growing economy in 2020. The recent progress toward an effective COVID vaccine rollout, although not a panacea, also provides some hope of a return to normality for consumer facing sectors over the next twelve months.
The Irish exporting business model is proving resilient in the face of COVID and this strong export performance will be the central pillar of the economic recovery over the coming years. The other pillar will be delivering record household savings into the domestic economy. If the right incentives and channels are found, 2021 could be an extraordinarily strong year for consumer spending which would in turn, drive a recovery in employment.
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Tipperary whiskey distillery opens with €750,000 local and EU funding
The Irish Times
Jennifer Nickerson and Liam Ahearn have opened the Republic’s latest boutique distillery with the aid of €750,000 in funding from the local enterprise office and the European Union.
Tipperary Boutique Distillery which uses barley grown on the family farm at Ballindoney in Cahir, began trading five years ago.
