In less than two years, Orpea went from zero to No 1 in the Irish nursing homes industry. The Paris-headquartered multinational first established a subsidiary here in December 2019 and immediately launched a purchasing spree. In January 2020, it completed the acquisition of the TLC group’s five Dublin homes. Later that year, it became a 50 per cent shareholder in the Brindley Federation of Nursing Homes and its 10 locations along the western seaboard as well as in Cos Kildare and Laois. By May 2021, Orpea had fully acquired the Brindley business from previous shareholders including Neal McGroarty, who became…

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