Guinness has secured planning permission to expand its St James's Gate Brewery in Dublin to increase production of its alcohol-free stout, Guinness 0.0.

Dublin City Council has approved plans by Diageo Ireland to build six new processing tanks in a two-storey extension of its brewing plant off James Street.

The company said the success of low-alcohol brands sparked the need for more space to 'ramp up production.'

While the new 25-metre tanks will be visible from outside the plant, particularly along the Liffey quays, Diageo said they would materially match the existing vats and would 'not look out of place'.

As a condition of the granting of planning permission, Diageo is required to make a development contribution of almost €107,000 to the city council.

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Guinness 0.0% was relaunched in the summer of 2021, after a precautionary recall saw the 2020 drink delayed in the UK.

Fears over microbiological contamination during the production process saw the drink pushed back days before its original November 2020 release dates.