Merger creates giant agency

PR veterans Ray Gordon and Stephen O'Byrnes joined forces to form MRPA Consultants just a couple of years ago. Now it has merged with Kinman Public Relations to form one of the larger Irish-owned PR consultancies.

The new consultancy will be called MRPA Kinman Communications. It will employ 15 people and have an annual turnover of approximately €2 million. MRPA Kinman Communications will be owned equally by the four shareholders of the participating ...