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Ilen River Partners Launches Irish Whiskey Growth Fund

Ilen River Partners has announced the launch of the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund, the first fund established exclusively to lend to whiskey distilleries and b...

Teeling Warns Of Possible Whiskey Shortage Due To Global Demand

Whiskey veteran John Teeling has warned that there may be a scarcity of the Irish spirit within the next few years due to surging global demand. “...

Heineken Renews Sponsorship With European Rugby Champions Cup

Heineken has signed a new four-year deal with European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) that will see the beer brand once again become the main partner of ru...

Writers' Tears Copper Pot Wins Gold At World Spirits Competition

Writers' Tears Copper Pot Irish Whiskey has been awarded a gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Triple-distilled, non-peated, matured...

EU Moves To Ban Single-Use Plastics

The European Commission has proposed banning single-use plastic products such as plastic straws and putting the burden of cleaning up waste on manufac...

Coca-Cola Co's Africa Distributor To Invest $100mn In Kenya

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), the continent’s largest soft drinks bottler, said on Wednesday (May 30) it would invest $100 million in Kenya over...

Heineken Ireland Seeks New MD As Timoney Returns To US

Heineken Ireland is reportedly looking for a new managing director after the global drinks giant announced that Maggie Timoney is set to return to Heineken...

Spirits Europe Expresses Concerns Over Alcohol Bill

Director general of Spirits Europe Ulrich Adam expressed concerns over the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill to Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed last mont...