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THE GUINNESS STOREHOUSE has announced plans for a multimillion-euro expansion of its facilities at St James’s Gate, Dublin.
The tourist attraction, which has grown to be Ireland’s most-attended tourist site since it was opened in 2000, will invest €16 million into the construction of two new developments at its St James’s Gate site.
As part of the investment, the Guinness Storehouse will double the size of its ‘Gravity Bar’ – a bar that gives a 360-degree panoramic view over Dublin city.
It has revealed that a new space directly linked to the original Gravity Bar will be constructed and increase the capacity of the bar overlooking the city to 1,000 people.
During construction, the existing Gravity Bar will remain open as normal, according to the Guinness Storehouse.
The €16 million investment will also see the creation of the Guinness Storehouse Hub, which will be located adjacent to the storehouse building.
This new three-storey development will be used for retail storage, as an employee hub and to house the Guinness archives.
Guinness Storehouse managing director Paul Carty said this is the “next chapter” for the tourist attraction which has been visited by 16.5 million people since it first opened in 2000.
It is hoped that construction as part of the multimillion-euro investment will commence next year and will be completed by 2019. The proposed development is still subject to planning permission.
Liberties investment
Housed in the heart of Dublin’s Liberties, the Guinness Storehouse was developed as part of a €42 million redevelopment of the 113-year-old Guinness fermentation plant.
Since then, another €20 million in profits from the attraction have also been pumped back into further improvements at the facility.
For the past several years, the Guinness showcase has been the country’s top attraction, increasing its visitor figures to more than 1.6 million last year.
The latest proposed investment has followed plans by Guinness-maker Diageo to construct a new €25 million distillery at its St James’s Gate base in Dublin.
The distillery will be used to produce its new premium blended Irish whiskey, Roe & Co.
The maker of Guinness has also received planning permission for a visitor experience centre at the new facility on the former Guinness Power House site on Thomas Street.
Written by Killian Woods and posted on Fora.ie
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Hopefully common sense will prevail
@Your Man: but this is IRELAND????
@Ken Mc Carthy: They’re gonna delay it 9 months apparently. lol.
I’ll probably get roasted for this but let’s call a spade a spade……..some folk like/ enjoy the occasional joint ( splif /doobey brother…..whatever the correct phraseology is nowdays?)now & again. Like what’s the harm in that??- personal choice / responsibility. Having the guards tied up with paperwork etc for an hour or two, all for what???? Live & let live
@Ken Mc Carthy: you might get toasted for it.
That group of doctors ignoring years of science should be ashamed of themselves. Hopefully their ignorant, likely ideology-based views are ignored. Legalise, regulate & tax everything.
@Art Vandelay: “I take this pill for this, and this pill to counter the symptoms for the first pill, and another to counteract the symptoms from that pill…..” Pharmaceuticals is a lucrative business. Those doctors are paid well for their opinions by Big Pharma who know that people who opt to self-medicate with cannabis will be detrimental to their business.
@Art Vandelay: we live in a society where the government is so concerned about the harms of canabis that its totally banned . The only restriction on the amount of alcohol you can get your hands on once your 18 is how much money you’ve got In your pocket. It don’t matter if your a convicted drink driver, gbh , domestic violence even an alcoholic the government just let you get on with it. Something don’t add up
@Art Vandelay: The world of Doctor bias is massive, there’s a really good one on YouTube where Dr. Berg completely takes apart a group of vegetarian doctors trying to spin eggs as a major cause of heart attacks, all backed by Pharma nodding vigorously.
@Thesaltyurchin: no doubt there’s a supplement or tablet you can take that’ll offset not eating eggs
Legalise now. It’s not a health issue any more than having a pint is.
Them lads in Carlow Garda Station will be delighted!
Before we embark on the legalising road we should check out how things are in Portugal.
There have been reports that all is not well.
@JP:
I’ve Googled for the last 10 minutes about Cannabis usage/legalisation in Portugal not going well and couldn’t find a thing.
Could you point me to these reports, please?
@JP: 60 years fighting the war on drugs. Over a trillion dollars spent globally. What progress has been made? Are there less drugs available? Are less people taking drugs? Seems to me the war is being lost and its cost a fortune. Surely we can’t just carry on regardless. If your fighting a loosing battle at least you have to try and look for a better solution. Giving organised crime a massive revenue stream has not really been the smartest move.
@JP: have you spent time in Lisbon? I have. the majority backed and appear to still back the decriminalisation.
@peter white: yes, surrendering to drug gangs seems the way to go.
@John Mulligan: nixon declared a war on drugs not drug gangs.
I am curious can anyone tell me what Liberal legislation ffg ever created off there own back .
Why are they so backwards and awkward with it. Oh, wait, Ireland…
Everyone in the Dail who has smoked cannabis raise your hand.
Did I miss something, imagine being disappointed ahead of time in a country ran the way this island is, or did they not already botch that in that the assembly naturally invited more people with vested interests in the pharma lobby and then rush the cannabis vote
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