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An Bord Pleanala Upholds Granting Of Planning Permission For Brewery In Newbridge

Diageo are planning to build a €200m carbon neutral brewery

An Bord Pleanala has upheld the granting of planning permission by Kildare County Council to Diageo for a state of art brewery in Newbridge.

The new brewery will be the first built by the company in Ireland since the 1960's.

It will be a €200m carbon neutral brewery at a greenfield site in Littleconnell and will create up to 1,000 jobs in the construction phase.

 

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