No fly by Night

Parcel delivery business Nightline has held its own against a state monopoly and outside competitors, much to the satisfaction of its founder John Tuohy

It’s rare to find a private Irish company taking on a big state monopoly and managing to thrive.

There are even fewer cases of companies holding their own by taking on a state monopoly and several other large multinational competitors. But John Tuohy’s parcel delivery business , Nightline, has done exactly that.

It employs 200 staff directly and a further 400 through contracted services. Its main competitors are An Post and the likes ...