INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb returned to Indianapolis concluding an international economic development trip to Ireland. The governor met with business, government, infrastructure and academic leaders, fostering opportunities to elevate Indiana’s global partnerships and advance future-focused industries.
| In Dublin, Gov. Holcomb, First Lady Janet Holcomb and Indiana Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg toured Aer Lingus facilities and met with company leadership, fostering its new partnership with Indiana and celebrating the new transatlantic connection to Indiana. The governor joined a press conference at the Indianapolis International Airport (IND) via video to celebrate Aer Lingus’ new nonstop flight between IND and Dublin that will launch in May 2025, enabling more efficient travel from Europe to Indiana and better connecting Hoosier businesses and residents to global markets.
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Indiana established another direct link to Ireland while in Cork – the country’s second-largest city – where Gov. Holcomb joined officials from Ports of Indiana and Port of Cork as the two signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize collaboration across economic, environmental and technology initiatives and to explore the feasibility of an Ireland-to-Indiana express container shipping service.
Gov. Holcomb and the delegation traveled to Kinsale to visit Eli Lilly and Company’s Kinsale manufacturing campus, which specializes in producing active pharmaceutical ingredients for global supply. The company recently unveiled a new $800 million production facility at the campus that will play a key role in Lilly’s global manufacturing network, alongside the company’s $13 billion investmentat the LEAP Research and Innovation District in Lebanon, Indiana.
This concludes Gov. Holcomb’s 26th international economic development trip as governor. The cost of the governor’s travel was paid through private donations to the Indiana Economic Development Foundation.
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Gov. Holcomb met with Minister Thomas Byrne in Dublin to bolster collaboration in the sports tourism and sports tech industries and to learn how Indiana and Ireland can lead the way in growth and promotion of the industry on a global scale.
