A low buzz of conversation drifts up from below, where entrepreneurs, corporate finance advisors, lawyers, and accountants gather at the Real Deal Conference in Goffs, Co. Kildare. I am meeting Kevin Quinn, the chief executive of Chemical Solutions Group (CSG), on the mezzanine level to discuss his second big acquisition. Quinn is attending the event to hear the stories of people like Tommy Kelly and Áine Denn, but also to network and find his next deal. When we spoke last in January CSG Solutions had just bought Celtic Water Solutions, which makes treatment chemicals for wastewater, but he hinted a…

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