Business Post Group Ltd.

Logo of Business Post Group Ltd.

In 2018, after purchasing the Sunday Business Post from Sunrise Media, Enda O’Coineen together with Colm O’Reilly, formed the Business Post Group, with the aim of establishing a larger media group.


Subsequent acquisitions have included iQuest Events and Hospitality Expo, Irish Tatler Magazine, Food & Wine Magazine and Auto Ireland from publisher Irish Studio, and more recently Red C Polling company. The company has also taken equity stakes in Belfast based tech events company DigitalDNA, and diaspora engagement platform Tribe101. 
Irish Studio received a small stake in the Business Post Group as a result of their transaction. 


In 2023, Swedish media group Bonnier bought an undisclosed stake in the group. Enda O’Coineen remains the majority shareholder.

Key Facts

Business FormCommercial / For-profit
Legal FormPrivate Limited Company
Business SectorsMedia; Events ; Hospitality; Data Research; Tech; Networking Platform

Ownership

Individual Owner

Media Outlets

Other Media Outlets

Other Online Outlets
  • Businesspost.ie
Other Print Outlets
  • The Business Post
  • Food and Wine
  • Irish Tatler
  • Auto Ireland

Facts

Other Domestic Businesses

Events

  • iQuest Events (100%)
  • Smart Speakers

B2B

  • Hospitality Expo (100%)

Data Research

  • Red C Polling (100%)

Tech

  • DigitalDNA
  • Connected

Networking Platform

  • Tribe101
Other International Businesses

Other

  • Bonnier Group
Founding Year2018
Founder
  • Enda O'Coineen
    is an international entrepreneur, author, sailor and owner of the Business Post in Ireland. He has been involved in a number of investments in technology, energy and finance, often via Kilcullen Kapital Partners. It was reported in 2020 that he owns just under 90% of the Investment Vehicle Dun Aengus Invest Ltd.
  • Colm O’Reilly
    led the acquisition process of the then Sunday Business Post by Kilcullen Kapital in 2018, before joining the company executive board as head of the Investment in Digital Transformation project. He subsequently became CEO of the Business Post in 2019, before taking up the role of COO of the Group in September 2022. He has previous experience in Media, Investment Management and the Drinks and Hospitality industries across Ireland, the US, and the UK.
ContactBusiness Post Group
AIG House, Merrion Centre
DO4 H2H4 Dublin
Tax / ID NumberIE630323
Revenue€ 12,040,635 ($12,763,698) (2021)
Operating Profit€37,952 ($40,231) (2021)
Advertising (in % of total funding)Missing Data
Executive Board
  • Enda O'Coineen
    null
  • Colm O’Reilly
    null
Non-Executive Board
  • Gillian Egan
    null
  • Roger Courtney
    null
Headlines
Data Publicly Available
ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc.
Meta Data

Operating Profit taken from FAME database.

Revenue data taken from: Business Post reports revenue growth of 20 per cent in 2021, Business Post (2023), Accessed on 4 October 2023.

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