Attestor Capital is in advanced talks for Cork’s largest pub group, called The Rearden’s Group, with an offer of over €30 million. Attestor plans to merge the group with its existing strong base of pubs in Dublin to create a nationwide pub group. They are also looking at other pub assets in the west of Ireland. The Rearden’s Group is well run with strong margins. It is led by Margaret Kenneally, who took control of the company a number of years ago when she bought out her other minority shareholders. PTSB financed Kenneally’s takeover of the business by lending to…