{"id":393220,"date":"2026-04-11T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/393220\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:27:11","slug":"whatever-the-world-throws-at-west-cork-distillers-i-know-well-bounce-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/393220\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Whatever the world throws at West Cork Distillers, I know we\u2019ll bounce back\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Despite tough times for Irish spirits, director John O\u2019Connell says they\u2019ll soon hit sales of \u20ac100m\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John O\u2019Connell of West Cork Distillers. Photo: Daragh McSweeney\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PL45208811John O1Connell o.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">John O\u2019Connell of West Cork Distillers. Photo: Daragh McSweeney<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Securing deals with global superstars like Thin Lizzy, The Pogues and Graham Norton has all been part of John O\u2019Connell\u2019s West Cork Distillers journey, even though the Union Hall native himself prefers to avoid the limelight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">As co-founder of West Cork Distillers, O\u2019Connell has experienced both the highs and lows of collaborating with high-profile figures, from producing pink gin for Norton to crafting whiskey for legendary Irish bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite tough times for Irish spirits, director John O\u2019Connell says they\u2019ll soon hit sales of \u20ac100m John O\u2019Connell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,5913],"class_list":{"0":"post-393220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sean-pollock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}