Irish Rail plant-hire awards: Breffni Group and S. Duffy named for relaying and DART+ West

Irish Rail award records dated 11 September 2026 name Breffni Group for panel-relaying plant hire and S. Duffy Plant Hire Ltd for DART+ West plant hire and heavy lifters.

The three selected records carry a combined €1,329,130 estimated value (framework ceiling). This is a sum of the recorded ceilings, not evidence of expenditure or guaranteed orders.

Who won the plant-hire awards?

Work	Named supplier	Recorded value
Panel Relaying Plant hire Contract 1 2026/27	Breffni Group	€889,930 estimated value (framework ceiling)
DART+ West Main Plant Hire Contract	S. Duffy Plant Hire Ltd	€391,680 estimated value (framework ceiling)
DART+ West Heavy Lifters Contract	S. Duffy Plant Hire Ltd	€47,520 estimated value (framework ceiling)

The two DART+ West records naming S. Duffy together represent €439,200 estimated value (framework ceiling). The separate Breffni record concerns panel relaying; the available title does not identify it as DART+ West work.

What the records establish

These notices identify the suppliers and distinguish the main plant-hire and heavy-lifter requirements for DART+ West. They do not establish how much Irish Rail has paid those suppliers.

TenderMatch's detailed records contain no bid counts or award-criteria details for these awards. Their scope descriptions refer to separate works documents, whose contents are not included in the retrieved data. The records therefore do not support a comparison of equipment quantities, hire duration or competing bids.

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Data basis

This is a selected plant-hire roundup from TenderMatch's recent-awards query, checked against the detailed records for notices 9041053, 9048734 and 9040517. All three have an award date of 11 September 2026. The totals add only the figures shown above and are not a total for Irish Rail's procurement programme.