Distilleries around the country have this week committed to joining the fight against the spread of Covid-19, responding to the huge demand for alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel.
In West Cork, Clonakilty Distillery is creating sanitizers with an alcohol content of 63% and is going into production immediately, with bottles and equipment in place.
The first batch of 5,000 bottles will be ready from next week. It will be offered for free to local charities and the company will supply the rest at cost, at first to the local community.
Also in Cork, Irish Distillers has said that it is creating large scale quantities of alcohol for free to manufacture hand sanitizer gel, in partnership with Cork firm Mervue Laboratories which will provide it to