Number of Irish mergers and acquisitions down almost 50%

The number of Irish mergers, acquisitions and Equity capital market (ECM) transactions in Ireland declined by almost 50% in the first half of this year, according to figures released today.

A report from global information services company Experian revealed that the total number of transactions in H1 2013 was 90 - a decline of 44.8% from the 163 transactions during the same period in 2012.