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Welcome to the Premier County

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Examples of Companies Currently in Tipperary

Company Sector

• No. Employed

(Approx.)

Abbott Vascular Medical Device 1200 Boston Scientic Medical Device 900 ABP Nenagh/Cahir Meat 900 Rosderra Meat 350 Merck Sharp & Dohme Pharmaceutical 450 Pinewood Pharmaceutical 300 Coty / P&G Personal Care 200 Bulmers, Clonmel Beverage 230 Tipperary Co-Operative Dairy 240 Arrabawn Co-Operative Dairy 250 Dew Valley Foods Food 350 Carey’s Glass Glazing 400 Coolmore Stud Equine 300

Thurles Horse & Jockey and Anner 4* Hotels, also Hayes’ hotel Three primary schools Three secondary schools (Private Boarding school – Rockwell College) One shopping centre (Mall) Major Attractions – Semple Stadium, Rock of Cashel Thurles Golf club, Thurles Horse racing, Greyhound Racing Stadium, swimming etc.

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• Lisheen Mine closed in December 2015 - 400+ jobs lost
• Task Force 2013
• Comprehensive closure plan - €26m
• Fully supported by Vedanta
• 1,200 acres
• Ample water supply
• 110Kv
• 100MVA of renewable energy (wind turbines)
• Gas

– Natural Gas supply – Biogass

Background to Lisheen Task Force

Tailings Dam - Progressive Rehab

• 70 acres of pasture land
• Cattle reared since 2010
• Meat has been Bord Bia

approved

TMF rehab Validation

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Tipperary County Development Plan

North Tipperary County Development Plan 2010 – 2016, Tipperary County Council have identified Lisheen as a “key strategic location” under its Economic Development policy. Policy ED1: Strategic Employment

• ….to identify land in key strategic locations that is suitable for different employment

and economic activity.

• ….Lisheen Mine Site, Moyne Templetuohy

Policy ED1(b): Masterplan for Lisheen Mine Site, Moyne Templetuohy, Thurles

• It is a policy of the Council to co-operate with the owners/operators of the Lisheen

Mine site in the promotion and the development of Lisheen’s lands… (a) Promote the use / development / production of renewable technologies

• r their by-product

(c) A high quality sustainable development.

• National Planning Framework 2040

CONNECTING AMBITIONS

Model Demonstrator Region

Model Demonstrator Regions & Sustainable Chemicals Support Service

50 km

Irish Bioeconomy Association

• Established in September 2016
• Stakeholder engagement
• Enterprise agencies, local and national

government and industry

• Biobased Industry Consortium
• National Bioeconomy Campus
• REDZ funding
• Enterprise Ireland regional call 2017