New pharma jobs are on the way for Portlaoise.
New pharma jobs look like they're on the way to Laois.
The County Council has approved a sale of €1.4 million worth for land Kildare based company, BNL Sciences.
They'll be building on 3.7 hectares of land in the J17 National Enterprise Park in Portlaoise.
BNL supplies chemicals to the biopharma sector and is under Dutch company Caldic.
Portlaoise Fine Gael Rep Paddy Buggy says it also helps the county's growth:
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