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Full coverage: Private equity

Consolidation, private equity, sectors: What the Renatus M&A report reveals about dealmaking in Ireland 

The data for the first six months of the year offers a deep insight into the M&A and fundraising climate in Ireland, identifying the sectors that are being chased by domestic and international money.

Ian Kehoe
12th Jul, 2024 - 5 min read

Sale of EES marks a healthy exit for MML Capital Partners

The private equity firm backed the Dublin-based engineering contractor Eastland Engineering Supplies five years ago and has now sold it to US player Vallen.

Jonathan Keane
11th Jul, 2024 - 2 min read

The Irish connections behind BlackRock’s €2.9bn acquisition of UK private markets platform Preqin

The mega-deal will add two new entrants to Ireland's rich list in the form of Mark and Lindy O'Hare who owned 80% of Preqin.

Michael Cogley
9th Jul, 2024 - 2 min read

The sale of a Northern hospital group will gross its founders £100m each – but they are also reinvesting

A British private equity firm is paying £305 million for Northern Ireland’s biggest private hospital group. It is a big acquisition, and its new owners are expected to buy more.

Tom Lyons
9th Jul, 2024 - 2 min read

Changing of the guard: Why KnightBridge scooped up Freshly Chopped

The private equity firm’s purchase of the health food chain is just the first salvo in a bigger plan to scoop up several more hospitality businesses.

Jonathan Keane
28th Jun, 2024 - 4 min read

How Livingbridge is lining up more Irish deals: “There’s no top-end limit to what we would like to do in Ireland”

The London-based private equity firm has invested over €90 million in Ireland to date. Founding partner Mark Advani and associate director Gareth Molloy talk Brexit, high interest rates, and future plans.

Michael Cogley
25th Jun, 2024 - 9 min read

The business of killing: Greed-driven PE funds chase dizzy pay-outs and massive wealth in a light-regulation world

Private equity is pumping huge sums of money into the creation of autonomous killing machines which have no human intervention whatsoever. The practice is raising ethical questions but as long as the profits are there it will continue.

Constantin Gurdgiev
25th Jun, 2024 - 7 min read

Exponent in exclusive talks to buy Northern Ireland’s biggest private hospital group

A British private equity group is in pole position to buy the North's biggest hospital group, which also has a hospital in Sligo, for £300 million. The deal attracted interest from as far away as New Zealand as well as from bidders closer to home.

Tom Lyons
22nd May, 2024 - 2 min read

Beacon Hospital to be sold to Australian investor in €400m-plus deal

The Beacon Hospital is performing strongly. It is being sold to an Australian bank after months of talks, at a big profit to Denis O'Brien.

Tom Lyons
12th Feb, 2024 - 2 min read

Livingbridge’s Amy Hunter: “We want to invest in Ireland on a continual basis”

Since 2020, private equity firm Livingbridge has invested €90 million in a range of Irish deals. Its portfolio employs over 650 people and it wants to do at least one deal here a year.

Tom Lyons
26th Jan, 2024 - 8 min read
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