The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has turned the sod on a new 150 million euro expansion of the Jameson whiskey distillery in Cork.
The Midleton-based company is growing to accommodate rising demand for Irish whiskey around the world.
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The investment will create 250 construction jobs.
While earlier, the Agriculture Minister announced the creation of 142 positions at 21 seafood processing plants nationwide including one in Rosaveel in Galway.