Planning permission has been granted to develop a 'super premium whiskey distillery' inside five 180-year-old former agriculture buildings at Curraghmore Estate, Portlaw.
The plans were lodged with Waterford City & County Council by the Earl of Tyrone, Richard de la Poer Beresford.
It's planned that the distillery would contain carbon-neutral elements as well as a visitor centre.
The Earl of Tyrone is seeking to change the use of five agricultural buildings for the distillation and maturation of spirits and retail use - while the proposed development will also include five bus and 28 car parking spaces.
Plans for the distillery at the Curraghmore Estate were first drawn up in 2019. Richard Tyrone is listed as the Managing Director of Curraghmore Whiskey Ltd. - which was established in 2016.
In a statement on social media - the developers commented:
"We are delighted to confirm that planning permission has been granted for our planned Distillery and Visitor Centre at Curraghmore Estate. Our distillery and visitor centre will allow us to distil our single farm pot still whiskey on site, and welcome visitors to Curraghmore to experience the whole whiskey-making process, from field to glass. This is a big milestone for the company and it makes us very excited about the future – our vision is to create organic, carbon-neutral pot still and single malt Irish whiskey here on Curraghmore Estate."
"Developing a distillery at Curraghmore Estate is very exciting for us, as it means that we will be the only truly organic, carbon neutral single-estate pot still/ single malt Irish whiskey distillery in the country, with Irish-made pot stills, which is truly independent across every aspect of its production process."
