Australian firm agrees purchase of Dublin's Beacon Hospital from Denis O'Brien

The Beacon Hospital was purchased by Denis O'Brien in 2014. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Australian investment firm Macquarie Asset Management has agreed a deal to buy the private hospital Beacon Hospital from businessman Denis O’Brien.

The Beacon Hospital is located in south Dublin and employs over 2,000 staff. The hospital has 251 beds, eight operating theatres, three catheterisation laboratories as well as four endoscopy suites.