Up to 100 new jobs could be on the way for Carlow.
Pharmaceutical company MSD Ireland has lodged a planning application with the county council seeking permission to develop a new Sterile Manufacturing Facility at the site of the existing biologics formulation and filling facility at Dublin Road, Pollerton Little and Oakpark.
It would include a two-storey production building, a single storey MV electrical building, an external utilities yard as well as 85 new car park spaces and a covered cycle rack.
Submissions can be made until the 27th of April with a decision due from the local authority on the 18th of May.
See the application here