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08 Sept 2025

Laois men appointed directors of Portlaoise engineering firm

Abbeyleix and Durrow men appointed to the engineering consultancy practice

Laois men appointed directors of Portlaoise engineering firm

Pictured: Niall O’Callaghan, Robert Kelly, Aidan Lawlor, Pete Cowman, Paul Bergin

The Managing Director of a leading engineering consultancy practice with headquarters in Portlaoise has stepped down.

After 27 years of outstanding leadership, Morgan Kilgallen will be stepping down as Managing Director of Kilgallen & Partners Consulting Engineers.

Mr Kilgallen will continue to work in the practice as a consultant. The company has extended its sincere thanks to Morgan for his 'exceptional work' and 'lasting impact'.

The business is a leading civil and structural engineering consultancy based in Portlaoise. The company also has offices in Kilkenny.

 

Pictured: Kilgallen & Partners Consulting Engineers headquarters, Portlaoise

Paul Bergin from Abbeyleix currently heads the leadership team alongside Niall O'Callaghan, with the team to expand to include three new Directors.

"As part of a planned succession, the existing leadership team of Paul Bergin and Niall O’Callaghan is joined by three newly appointed directors, Aidan Lawlor, Pete Cowman, and Robert Kelly, all of whom have been promoted from their existing roles in the company," the company told The Leinster Express / Laois Live.

Aidan Lawlor from Durrow will be the second Laois director at the company.

"This new leadership team reflects both continuity and renewal, positioning Kilgallen & Partners for continued success and growth into the future."

Kilgallen and Partners Consulting Engineers provides consulting engineering services to private and public sector clients for the design and management of building and civil engineering projects.

The company’s building projects range across the commercial, residential, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors.

Their civil engineering projects range from roads, urban streets and active travel schemes to renewable energy projects, urban
drainage schemes and flood relief works.

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