Generation Game

Over this and the following five pages, we profile six up-and-coming Irish family businesses which are making their way in a competitive marketplace

Conor Gray, chief executive, BoyleSports Picture: Jason Clarke

‘Our agility has allowed us to compete with the big guys’

The BoyleSports story stretches back to 1982, when its founder (and current executive chairman) John Boyle opened up a single shop in Markethill, Co Armagh. The bookmakers is now the largest independent chain in the country, with 250 outlets. It’s also one of the country’s best-known family business brands. When Boyle retired from his role as chief executive in 2017, his son-in-law ...