I skipped the tour buses and big-name distilleries and hit the road to find a deeper understanding of Scotch’s role in the country, writes Sebastian Modak, The Wall Street Journal.
Parent company Pernod Ricard has faced backlash in the past over continued exports to Russia after the Ukraine war started but ceased all business there in 2023.
With little evidence of distillers passing on price hikes to American consumers yet, whiskey makers are starting to weigh up new markets as tariffs wreak havoc on an already embattled industry.
Days after its main lender installed receivers over the whiskey maker, two minority shareholders have petitioned the High Court for court protection from creditors in an effort to restructure the business.
An Bord Pleanála overturned a grant of permission from Cork County Council, going against the findings of its own planner. The warehouses are vital to plans to expand its maturation storage capacity as its business grows.
One of the country’s largest indigenous whiskey companies recently built out its distillery without planning as it bid to keep up with growing demand for its whiskey.
The Waterford whiskey maker has entered the Scarp scheme to save the company, a move that comes just weeks after it sold off its Velvet Cap brand.
The Barry Group, which operates the two chains, said it would pull McGregor’s whiskey and stout brands to align with customer and partner “values”. The MMA fighter was found liable for rape in a civil case last week.
The family-owned Musgrave group is one of Ireland's largest companies and controls the Supervalu, Centra and Donnybrook Fair brands. It is no longer going to list any of the products linked with Conor McGregor.
When injury derailed his sporting career, finding things to do that didn’t involve rugby became a priority for Dan Leavy. This was about more than securing his professional future, he needed it for his sanity as much as anything.
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