{"id":480249,"date":"2026-06-03T03:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/480249\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:02:21","slug":"limerick-based-company-aquired-by-international-engineering-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/480249\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-based company aquired by international engineering group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a1eb9daabb41.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Via Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Limerick-founded engineering firm PUNCH has been acquired in a major international deal.\n        <\/p>\n<p>PUNCH Consulting Engineers, which has been a part of Limerick\u2019s business community for over half a century, has been acquired by the international engineering consulting group, COWI.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in Limerick in 1973, PUNCH has grown from a local firm into one of Ireland\u2019s largest homegrown engineering consultancies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While PUNCH has expanded over the decades to establish offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Glasgow, and Macclesfield, its journey began 53 years ago in Limerick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The firm is known for delivering civil, structural, environmental, and sustainability engineering services across the built environment.<\/p>\n<p>The Limerick-born company is now joining forces with Denmark-headquartered COWI to tackle Ireland&#8217;s upcoming mega-infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the Irish government rolls out funding for the country&#8217;s green transition, including offshore wind and district heating.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a1eba2155e1c.jpg\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tim Murnane, Managing Director at PUNCH Consulting Engineers, said, &#8220;We are very excited for PUNCH to become part of the COWI Group at a seminal time in the development of our country. Responding to the unprecedented level of infrastructure investment planned by our government requires the best global expertise and the best local knowledge&#8230; This move gives us the opportunity to build on our legacy while opening new pathways for our teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Andy Sloan, Executive Vice President at COWI UK and International, added, &#8220;PUNCH has built an outstanding reputation, delivering high-quality engineering solutions across the built environment. By combining its trusted local expertise with COWI\u2019s international experience, we are creating a stronger platform to support clients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News Via Getty Images Limerick-founded engineering firm PUNCH has been acquired in a major international deal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612],"class_list":["post-480249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}