Brosnan-backed chicken waste firm secures €13m in deals

Company builds machines which convert waste into heat

Denis Brosnan

After a career with Kerry Group, Denis Brosnan’s latest business venture proves that where there’s muck, there’s brass.

BHSL, the Brosnan-backed company which specialises in converting chicken manure to energy, has secured €13 million in export deals to Britain since the summer, the company said.

Brosnan, who led Kerry Group as chief executive and chairman until 2003, took over as chairman of the Limerick company earlier this year.

BHSL is now predicting €40 ...