The Irish M&A market is alive, but it’s still hard to predict

Not too long ago, industry insiders were predicting the acquisition of Irish SMEs en masse by British and US funds eager to capitalise on the Irish economic recovery.

The conventional wisdom was that Irish companies, desperate for funding and exhausted by years of economic hardship would sell - and sell quickly - at the first sight of foreign capital. But a funny thing happened on the way to the auction block: Irish companies ...