It was announced yesterday that the Carlow Brewing Company, also known as O’Hara’s Brewery, plans to expand its business by creating 12 new jobs at its headquarters in Carlow to bring its total employee count to over 50.

The company has vacancies for a wide range of positions which have arisen as a result of the continued growth of the business, as well as the increasing popularity of Irish craft beer.

The €1.5m investment by the Brewery marks continued growth of the business both in the domestic and export markets. All of the new jobs will be located in Carlow, however with the export related roles there will be a requirement for travel. Carlow Brewing Company is supported in job expansion by Enterprise Ireland.

The Brewing Company has been in existence for almost 20 years and is Ireland’s leading craft beer producer. It has had huge success exporting, as well as selling domestically.

This has been driven principally by the O’Hara’s Irish Craft Beer brand, (which includes stouts, wheat beers, ales and lagers) and more recently by the Falling Apple craft cider brand.

The 12 permanent positions will be filled within three months and coupled with continued plant expansion increasing its brewing and packaging capacity further, this will result in an investment of €1M+ by the brewery. 

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