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SALES OF JAMESON in the United States have increased by almost 10% in the last year, according to distiller Pernod Ricard.
The USA is the biggest market for the whiskey. Overall, 2013/2014 seems to have been a strong year for the brand, with 4.7 million cases shifted worldwide.
Jameson is gaining ground in other major markets, including South Africa, where volumes are up by 8%, and Russia, where there has been 4% growth.
However, Jameson executives are becoming increasingly concerned about the sales of spirits in Ireland, and used its financial year results to hit out against what it says is an increasingly challenging environment.
Irish Distillers, which runs Jameson for Pernod Ricard, said that sales have grown to their current level of nearly 5 million from 477,000 in 1988 when the spirit joined the Pernod Ricard stable.
Looking to the future, chief executive Anna Malmhake said: “In stark contrast to this growth and optimism for our export markets, the outlook for our industry here in Ireland is extremely concerning.”
The penal excise increases on alcohol accumulated in the last two budgets endanger the export success of indigenous products such as Irish whiskey as well as the 92,000 jobs being supported by the drinks industry in every county throughout Ireland.
The spirits market declined by 11.5% in the six months to the end of June.
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Why is he seeking legal advice..he got elected..move on, there are more pressing issues that he should be concerned about.
Pure rubbish story…. Happens regularly on Youtube….. This shows Heydon is a publicity hoor thats all
A video made by gombeens for gombeens, it won’t be missed.
“TD’s blatant copyright infringement forces removal of YouTube video.” That would be the headline had this been a Sinn Fein candidate. Hugh, you really are so wonderfully predictable..
What a wonderful victim you are #rosaforceisstronnginthisreturd..
Arrogant mullah pig thinking copyright laws don’t apply to him
The hubris, they think they’re in FF.
It was terrible anyway.
It was a complete rip off. Nothing slick about it either.
I think the slick was from the oil leaking out of the sump.
It should be blocked everywhere!..but its like the old kit kat ad..you cant sing, you cant dance, you cant act…you’re hired.
Is there such thing as a wildly popular election video?
Only in North Korea.
Fine gael get their policies from the past maby the need to look to the future
Good, the video does a diservice to the movie
Lighten up folks …….. the gaiety of the nation was mildly enhanced for a little while …….. where’s the harm.in that !?! Shure ain’t the Healy Raes ripping off at least two councillor characters from ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ and providing the closest thing to a Darby O’Gilll remake as we’ll ever see !?!
Embarrassed it cost €345 and for the people of south Kildare to be represented by this idiocy
Does anyone care? Show’s his value elected thanks to copying a film from the 80′s?
Absolutely shocking Bullshit!!!!
So many keyboard warriors criticising a quirky fun video. What have they done for Kildare?
I called it back when the video first came out. I’m surprised it took this long for Universal to get it pulled.
Someone from Universal should hold him down and take a dump in his mouth. He’d soon change his attitude to copyright then.
A miĺlion or so refugees or 70 odd million turks and europe chooses 70 million turks with visa free travel
It’s a bit of fun, I enjoyed it. A lot of people seem very concerned with copyright all of a sudden, I assume all of you above have never downloaded music or bought a dodgy dvd.
Perhaps some people have downloaded or bought dodgy stuff but not as a means to get them a € 92,000 + a year job. It was awful and unlawful. Thankfully it has been taken down so the tourism industry can breath a sigh of relief.
It didn’t cost €345 to make…he didn’t do his sums… He forgot to include prep time, personnel time, equipment, prop hire, insurance, rights – music, location, props, video platform costs, post production etc etc etc as well as the €60k pr… Tut tut …
As we’ve found out. Fine Gael arent very good with sums…. Anything over national school mathematics is beyond even their brightest seemingly… Michael Noonan
The video was as bad as Hayden is ,A two face party hack that topped the pole in Kildare South by doing nothing ,saying nothing and keeping the seat safe .The well off and of course the farmers came out to vote for their own while 45% of the electorate never voted ,Irish people get what the deserve , when the poorer and working class whinge and moan but would not bother their arse to vote ,
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