# Local resident Thomas Brunkard has been a community representative and board member of the Guinness Enterprise Centre for 25 years.

*business · news · 2026-05-02 · Independent.ie*

## Key points

- The Guinness Enterprise Centre now hosts over 700 employees in Dublin's largest start-up campus.
- Dublin City Council has approved 336 new residential units with retail, restaurants, and a market hall in Guinness Quarter.
- Guinness is opening previously restricted 12 acres of brewery land to public use as part of redevelopment.
- Flit, a GEC-incubated company, provides financial literacy workshops specifically targeting local women in Dublin 8.

**Companies:** Diageo, Guinness Enterprise Centre, Flit
**Countries:** Ireland

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