Irish Whiskey Makers Crumble Under Trump’s Trade Tariffs
The Dublin Liberties Distillery has been closed since May.
Photographer: Dara Doyle/Bloomberg
When the Killarney Brewing & Distilling Co. expanded in 2022, it boasted of being Ireland’s largest independently owned beer and whiskey producer, replete with visitor center. Last month, it closed down, the latest casualty of a short-lived boom.
The company, which started as a tap room in Kerry a decade ago before launching its blended whiskey last year, was already grappling with rising costs and supply chain disruptions. But Donald Trump’s global trade war hastened the end of the line for Killarney.