Gilroy’s Designer Group set to acquire Limerick company

Designer Group, the multimillion-euro engineering heavyweight headed by former Dublin GAA manager Pat Gilroy, has sealed a deal to take over Lenmac Mechanical.

However, the deal is likely to be temporarily held up while the competition watchdog scrutinises the terms.

A posting on the website of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission reveals that the corporate merger has been referred for preliminary investigation.

Lenmac Mechanical is a subsidiary of Lenmac Services, the Limerick ...