Working for Guinness is NOT good for you

[Block G Raptor]

Diageo has announced that it is to close the Guinness breweries in Killkenny and Dundalk
from rte.ie (http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0509/guinness.html): Guinness manufacturer Diageo has announced it is to close its brewing facilities in Dundalk and Kilkenny with the loss of up to 250 jobs.

[noby]

They are talking of pumping €650M into St. James Gate, but are still talking of moving to a green-field site. Strange.

Anyway, shame about the job losses in Dundalk and Kilkenny. Waterford survived, it seems.

[blobbyblob]

I think Waterford is all but automated now. Just about 10-15 engineers and fitters employed there. I think they make Guinness glue for export to Africa that they dilute at destination. Yum Yum.

[noby]

I think they prefer to call it Essence of Guinness.

I imagine any new brewery will be fairly automated too. Heineken in Cork run a line with just a handful of engineers, and one line operator/team leader. Not a mention of a brewer.

[lilywhite stu]

Harp Lager RIP

[blobbyblob]

Big Big loss for Kilkenny. Not to mention the smell of the hops and barley being roasted. Smells of the childhood. Sad day.

[lilywhite stu]

Yeah the smell of the hops mid morning and the klaxon at the end of the day.

[dahamsta]

Harp Lager RIPNo loss to the world.

[pete]

The upside is that it will be years before those plants are closed. I would expect Guinness will provide a generous redundency package too.

[noby]

Five years apparently.
Any news on Beamish's future?

[holidaysong]

No loss to the world.

:eek:

[dahamsta]

Sorry, but Harp is just plain piddle. Budweiser - halitosis in liquid form - is golden nectar in comparison.

[max power]

Sorry, but Harp is just plain piddle. Budweiser - halitosis in liquid form - is golden nectar in comparison.

Wow i need a drink (not harp please), i'm about to agree with the little hairy hitler himself......:eek: