The Kirby Story So Far…

Tom and Michael Kirby establish Kirby Electrical in Limerick, Ireland.

Opened its Dublin office transforming Kirby from a local to a national contractor.

Opened its first UK office in London after securing two CCGT power station projects with Siemens.

Kirby secures its first project for Sanofi Aventis in France.

Completed its largest project to date, valued at €46 million with over 700,000 manhours.

Reached €150 million annual turnover and secured its first project in the Nordics.

Expanded its operations in the Nordics by completing a number of large-scale data centre projects.

Delivered a number of hyper-scale data centre projects and reached €293 million annual turnover.

2021 was a big year for Kirby. We reached €400 million annual turnover with 1,300 direct employees and over 2,500 people deployed across Ireland, UK and mainland Europe.

Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD alongside our Group Managing Director Mark Flanagan announced the creation of 300 new jobs plus a €2m investment in Kirby’s Limerick HQ.

Also in 2021, Kirby had an official office opening in Gavle, Sweden.

Entered two new countries – Denmark and Italy. Kirby's annual turnover annual exceeded €450 million.