Several new jobs to be made available in Tipperary with waste management company

Trifol Resources has announced the creation of up to 400 new jobs in Lanespark, Co Tipperary, over the coming years.

The plant already employs 15 people and this will increase to 30 in 2025.

Expansion plans are already in place to add 12 more reactors which will increase the number of people employed to 70 by 2030.

Some 45 people have already been involved in the build out of the plant over the last two years.

Commercial production commenced at the Lanespark plant in June of this year, and now agreements have been reached with Shell Chemicals Europe to purchase all of Trifol’s ‘Pyrolysis’ oil, and further agreements have been made with the German giant H&R (Hansen und Rosenthal) to purchase Trifol’s sustainable wax, which is also produced in the pyrolysis production.

Minister for Finance Jack Chambers said: "I am delighted that these jobs are being created in what was once a Bord Na Móna briquette factory. These 75 new green tech jobs show that there is an economic benefit transitioning to a more sustainable economy. It also shows that we can achieve balanced regional development, something which I and my Government colleagues are deeply committed to."