Whiskey firms eye Waterford Diageo plant

Irish whiskey distiller Teelings and Kentucky-based whiskey maker Alltech are among the parties interested in buying a Waterford brewing plant owned by Diageo, *The Sunday Business Post* understands.

Diageo announced in April of last year that it was planning to shut down the 300,000 hectalitre plant, known to locals as the former Cherry's brewery, by the end of the year, with the loss of 21 jobs. Diageo bought the plant in 2004 and ...