Waterford Crystal site up for sale

Updated: 20:22, Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Hopes of the Waterford Crystal manufacturing plant being saved have been dashed, as the site goes on the market.

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Six One News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports that the Waterford Crystal visitor centre and adjoining buildings at Kilbarry are to be sold
Six One News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports that the Waterford Crystal visitor centre and adjoining buildings at Kilbarry are to be sold
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One News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports that the entire 36-acre site has been put on the market
One News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports that the entire 36-acre site has been put on the market

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Hopes of the Waterford Crystal manufacturing plant being saved have been dashed.

A receiver, appointed a year ago, has decided to put the 36-acre site at Kilbarry, near Waterford city, on the market, ending any hopes of reviving crystal production there.

The site includes the Waterford Crystal visitor centre and is valued between €10m and €20m.

The rest of Waterford Wedgwood's businesses were sold to a US investment firm last February, which now produces crystal under the Waterford brand in Germany.

  • Morning Ireland: Jimmy Kelly, Unite trade union, says there are still some hopes that the site can be saved and crystal production can be kept in Waterford

    Morning Ireland

    5 January 2010

    Jimmy Kelly, Unite trade union, says there are still some hopes that the site can be saved and crystal production can be kept in Waterford

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