MRPA merges with Kinman to form new PR firm

TWO leading Dublin-based PR firms have announced a merger that will catapult the enlarged business into the top three in the Irish market.

MRPA Consultants and Kinman Public Relations have joined to become MRPA Kinman Communications. The combined firm will employ 15 people and have annual revenues of around €2 million.

Ownership of the company will be split equally between MRPA founders Ray Gordon and Stephen O’Byrnes and Kinman principals Laurie Mannix and Tim Kinsella.