Irish M&A activity up 36% in 2014

There were 398 Irish merger and acquisitions deals in 2014, an increase of 36 per cent from the 292 deals in 2013, Global information services company Experian said today.

The number was the highest yearly total recorded since 2007.

The total value of the deals announced during the year was €146.4 billion, up from €39.7 billion in 2013.

Experian said the value of Irish deals was boosted by a number of “mega-deals”, particularly ...