The Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre and factory in Newbridge. The broader Newbridge Silverware business, which was set up in the 1990s to make jewellery and other gifts, will continue. That includes the Newbridge Visitor Centre in Newbridge, six stand-alone stores and 250 local stockists of Newbridge Silverware. Newbridge blamed changing consumer tastes and rising costs for silver bullion for the decline of silver cutlery manufacturing. “We have taken the difficult decision to cease operations at our cutlery factory from mid-April,” said Martin Kilduff, operations director at the Newbridge Cutlery Company.

Source: The Irish Times January 20, 2026 17:19 UTC