Full coverage: Private equity

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The private equity-owned hotel portfolio Tifco is up for sale. Its core business is booming. The only challenge is the debt used to fund it.

Nick Corcoran grew up in Dublin’s inner city and his first job was selling vegetables from a van in Ballymun. Today, along with his business partner Nigel McDermott, he runs Cardinal Capital, a pioneer in the Irish alternative financing sector.