Malachy Walsh and Partners

What Malachy Walsh and Partners does

Malachy Walsh and Partners, trading as MWP Ireland, is a private, for-profit engineering consultancy headquartered in Cork, Ireland. Founded in 1967, the firm specializes in fire safety engineering, project management, and civil engineering, serving clients in the Irish built-environment sector. Its headcount of 101-250 employees places it in the mid-sized category of Irish engineering consultancies, a tier that typically competes on multidisciplinary technical expertise and local regulatory knowledge rather than scale alone.

The firm's service portfolio spans fire safety engineering (a regulated, credentialed discipline in Ireland and the UK), end-to-end project management for construction and infrastructure schemes, and civil/structural engineering design. As a consultancy, revenue is generated on a fee-for-service basis, typically through project-based or retainer contracts tied to construction phase or design milestones. The firm holds no disclosed proprietary technology platform; delivery relies on chartered engineering staff and conventional design tools. The business does not operate a software product, app, or API.

The firm appears to operate exclusively within Ireland, with no disclosed international offices, and there is no public information on funding rounds, ownership structure, subsidiaries, or M&A activity. The legal name, doing-business-as name (MWP Ireland), and active website are confirmed, but the operating status beyond the website's presence cannot be verified, and detailed financial performance is not available.

Name

Malachy Walsh and Partners

Legal name

Malachy Walsh and Partners

Website

https://mwp.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Malachy Walsh and Partners (MWP Ireland) is a Cork-based engineering consultancy founded in 1967, providing fire safety engineering, project management, and civil engineering services to clients in the Irish built-environment sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fire & Life Safety Code Compliance Inspections & Consulting (AHJ Support) (BPABAHAJ), Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Fire safety engineering
• Civil engineering consultancy
• Project management services
• Construction engineering advisory
• Built environment consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Cork

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Malachy Walsh and Partners is an engineering consultancy that delivers fire safety engineering, civil engineering, and project management services to clients in the construction and built environment sectors. Engagements typically cover engineering design, technical advisory, and oversight of building and infrastructure projects delivered on a fee-for-service basis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Safety Engineering
• Civil Engineering Consultancy
• Project Management Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Punch Consulting Engineers: Irish multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy offering civil, structural, mechanical/electrical and project management services across building and infrastructure sectors — directly comparable in scale, geography, and service mix to Malachy Walsh and Partners.
• TOBIN Consulting Engineers: Ireland-based civil, structural, environmental and architectural engineering consultancy with similar headcount and multi-disciplinary delivery model serving public and private sector clients — a close domestic peer of MWP.
• O'Connor Sutton Cronin: Irish multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy providing civil, structural, mechanical/electrical, fire safety and project management services — directly overlaps MWP's service portfolio across building and infrastructure work.
• Waterman Group: UK and Ireland-focused engineering and environmental consultancy offering civil, structural, building services, fire engineering and project management — similar mix of multi-disciplinary built-environment consulting as MWP.
• Doran Consulting: Belfast- and Dublin-based civil/structural engineering consultancy serving Irish and UK infrastructure and building clients with comparable size, geography, and service scope to MWP.
• Brady Shipman Martin: Irish multidisciplinary consultancy offering civil engineering, planning, environmental and project management services with comparable regional presence and project scale.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with a major Irish practice covering civil, structural, fire and project management — operates at vastly larger scale but competes for the same public-sector and developer mandates as MWP.
• Mott MacDonald: International engineering, project management and advisory consultancy with significant Irish presence in water, transport, energy and buildings — directly overlaps MWP's project management and civil engineering offerings.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with substantial Irish operations spanning transportation, property and buildings, and environment — competes with MWP for civil engineering and project management mandates.
• AECOM: Worldwide infrastructure consulting firm with a large Irish practice delivering civil, structural, fire safety engineering and program/project management — overlaps substantially with MWP's full-service built-environment offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MWPEngineering

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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