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Denis O’Brien-controlled Beacon Hospital sold to Macquarie in deal worth up to €500m

The Sandyford-based private hospital has been acquired by Macquarie’s European Infrastructure Fund 7, which has raised €8 billion from investors

The Beacon Hospital, in Sandyford, Dublin, has 181 inpatient beds, 70 day-case beds, eight operating theatres, three Cath labs and four endoscopy suites. Picture: RollingNews

The Beacon Hospital, one of the country’s largest private hospitals which is majority owned by businessman Denis O’Brien, has been acquired by Macquarie, the Australian asset management firm, in one of the largest deals so far this year.

Macquarie’s European Infrastructure Fund 7, which has raised €8 billion from investors, has agreed a deal to buy the Beacon Hospital in Dublin for a sum understood to be in the region of €400 million to €500 ...