Guinness Overhauled: Layoffs And Brewery Closings

                   
huffingtonpost.com     May 9, 2008            

DUBLIN, Ireland — Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013. The British... [read full story]                    

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Diageo to reduce work force at famed Guinness brewery

delawareonline.com     May 10, 2008          

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by...                    

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Guinness in Ireland dodges a bullet

taint.org     May 10, 2008          

Phew! The rumours were untrue. Diageo will not be closing down the Guinness brewery in Dublin 8, and will continue brewing the black stuff in Dublin 8, thankfully: Diageo is to close its breweries at Kilkenny and Dundalk, significantly reduce its brewing capacity at St James’s Gate and build a...                    

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