Beamish & Crawford ... A possible rescue from quangocracy!

IRELAND: It seems Fine Gael Cork North Central TD Bernard Allen has been busy. Speaking on the Adjournment Debate in the Dáil tonight( 10/12/08 ) it seems their could be a chance for Beamish & Crawford to remain brewing at the famous site. This involves a possible buy out of B & C by SAB/Miller.

Deputy Allen said tonight: "Heineken's decision to close down its former competitor in Cork, the Beamish & Crawford Brewery, makes the Competition Authority look very incompetent for approving the takeover ... Various media outlets have reported that SAB/Miller, a former partner of Beamish & Crawford, may be interested in buying the brewery from Heineken and continuing production of its brands from the site."

http://www.finegael.ie/news/index.cfm/type/details/nkey/36168/pkey/653

So can this incompetent Competition Authority quango, the Government and Mary Coughlan - all together now - look into this possibility as maybe they should have and at least entertain this potential rescue package .. We await!