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Telangana is India's top beer-consuming state, where United Breweries has 70% of the market share

Heineken's United Breweries to resume Indian state sales

Heineken's Indian unit United Breweries will resume beer supplies to India's Telangana state, the company said today, weeks after it halted supply over pricing and non-payment of dues by the state government.

Business • 20 Jan

Pat Rigney, the founder of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin

Drumshambo gin owner invests in new Dublin brewery

The founder of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin has become the latest investor in a new brewery set up by a group of Dublin publicans.

Business • 03 Dec 24

Willie Aherne, one of the co-founders of the Changing Times Brewery

Changing times - publicans pull together with new brewery

€1.8m is being invested by around a dozen Dublin and Cork publicans in a new brewery that will launch its first products today.

Business • 12 Nov 24

Colin O'Brien, Category Head, Global Beer Supply at Diageo; Jenny Melia, Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland and Minister of State for Agriculture and TD for Kildare South, Martin Heydon at the Diageo sod turning event

Sod turned on Diageo's new €200m brewery in Co Kildare

The sod has been turned on Guinness producer Diageo's new €200m state-of-the-art carbon neutral brewery in Littleconnell, Newbridge in Co Kildare.

Business • 02 Jul 24

A decision is due to be made by An Bord Pleanála in August

Sole objector stalls Diageo Kildare brewery plan

Brewing giant Diageo's plans for a new €200 million brewery on a green field site outside Newbridge are being stalled by a County Kildare man - who believes that the brewery should instead be built in Athy.

Business • 27 Apr 23

An artist's impression of the planned Diageo brewery in Newbridge, Co Kildare

Council green light for Kildare €200m Diageo brewery

Kildare County Council has given the green light to plans by brewing giant Diageo for a new €200m brewery for a green field site at Littleconnell in Newbridge.

Business • 30 Mar 23

An architect's image of what the new brewery will look like when completed

Diageo to build new €200m brewery in Kildare

Drinks company Diageo, which owns Guinness, is to build a new €200m brewery near Newbridge in Co Kildare.

Business • 15 Jul 22

SABMiller brews a large number of brands popular in Africa and Asia

SABMiller posts modest rise in full-year sales

SABMiller, the world's second-largest brewer by sales, posted a modest rise in full-year lager sales volumes following troubles in a number of African markets that have been fuelling growth for the past few years.

Business • 15 Apr 14

The snake arrived with a shipment from Texas (Credit: DSPCA)

Snake found in Guinness Brewery shipment

The DSPCA has recovered a snake from St James's Gate in Dublin.

News • 29 Aug 12

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