Cost of cleaning up the former Roche pharma site in Co Clare exceeds €150m

Remediation work saw 17,500 tonnes of contaminated soil removed to Netherlands for treatment

Roche failed to find a buyer for the plant, so it set about decommissioning the site in Clarecastle, Co Clare

The cost of the clean-up at Roche’s former manufacturing site in Clarecastle, Co Clare, has now come to €150.5m over five years.

The Swiss pharmaceutical giant has described the work as “one of the largest remediation projects of its type in Europe”.

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