Storm Éowyn has taken a toll on the Elphin Windmill in Co. Roscommon.
The Roscommon Herald reports that the storm has ripped the wooden sails off the windmill.
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Category: IH News 2025
Industrial heritage news for 2025
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Guinness alone again?
No, not an evening in a rural Irish pub (I am teetotal).
RTE (and others) are reporting that Diageo, owners of the Guinness brand since 1997, are exploring a spin off of the iconic Irish brand as a stand alone entity.
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Harland & Wolff in administration
After a false start in October 2024, when the parent company of H&W was placed into administration (but not the Belfast shipyard nor its 3 sister companies), the BBC reports that H&W has now been placed into administration as part of the process of the companies being taken over.
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Portlaw Mural
The Waterford News website reports on the creation of a mural in Portlaw, Co. Waterford, which celebrates the industrial heritage past of the town, which was a mill town associated with the cotton mill of the Malcomson family.