There is positive news on the economic front for Limerick with expansion plans announced by Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly set to create 500 jobs in a major construction project and then a further 300 permanent jobs when the new manufacturing facility comes into operation.
The plant will be used to produce biologic ingredients for use in a range of therapies developed by the company.
The facility which has yet to go to planning will be built on a greenfield site at the IDA’s Raheen Business and Technology Park.
Lilly already employs more than 2,300 people in Cork where it has a large manufacturing campus in Kinsale as well as a Global Business Solutions centre in Little Island.
