An electric forklift silently glides to a stop between two rows of pallet racks. The machine then raises both its load and the driver in his cab 15 metres into the air, where he slots the pallet into a top position on the nine-storey-high shelving unit. Just another day in the office for the team of 30 workers at Nolan Warehousing and Logistics’ new giant Wexford warehouse, which began operating in October and was officially opened this Wednesday. Some day, they will probably hand over the handling of the 22,000 pallets that can fit in here to robots – the…

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