Kilsaran Concrete
Founded in 1964, a wholly Irish owned private company, employing 900+ people directly
Principal business is production of materials for the construction industry in Ireland and UK - ready-mix concrete, concrete blocks, pre-cast concrete, trowel-ready mortar, aggregates, hardcore / selected fills, asphalt, macadam
Also undertakes surfacing contracts for road construction, building and civil engineering works
Operates from 12 hard rock quarries and 12 sand and gravel pits. Concrete products manufactured at 20 locations principally in the east, midlands and south of country. Asphalt plants located at 3 No. strategic quarry sites
Company is currently backfilling and restoring a small number of pits and quarries using imported inert soil waste under EPA Waste Licence
It has also established a number of construction and demolition waste recycling facilities, principally to manage concrete wastes – operating under Local Authority waste facility permits