About Us

Customer Service is our obsession!

Bryan S. Ryan Limited was founded in
Dublin in 1948.

Today the Company is privately owned by managers
who are involved in the business. For many years
commuters on the Merrion Road judged their
punctuality from the landmark clock on the Bryan S.
Ryan building just across the road from the Tara Towers Hotel, however, in 1985 we moved to our current location on Main Road just beside Tallaght Village.

Throughout those years we always prided ourselves on our high quality customer service. This has become an obsession.

We work hard to ensure that you have a good experience every time you use our products and services. This website is designed to make it easy for you to find the product or service to meet your needs today or to help you find answers to any question you may have. To deliver this high quality customer service to you, Bryan S. Ryan has forged partnerships with many manufacturers and distributors who meet the high standards that we expect such as;

Specialist Divisions

The company is structured into specialist divisions and teams with the specific knowledge, training and experience to advise and support you no matter what your requirements are:

Merger of Bryan S Ryan and Office Evolutions Group Announced in €15 million Transaction

(Dublin, Wednesday, August 13, 2008).

The board of directors of Bryan S. Ryan and Office Evolutions Group has today announced the successful completion of a merger agreement between the two companies. This agreement is expected to create significant value for shareholders following a €15 million investment.

This deal positions the group as Ireland’s leading supplier of total business infrastructure solutions, with a combined turnover in excess of €25 million and a portfolio of some of the strongest brands in this marketplace. Office Evolutions Group is Canon Ireland’s largest reseller, while Bryan S Ryan is the Irish distributor for Kyocera.

The merger will see the departure of Gary Rafter, Managing Director of Bryan S. Ryan, and Company Chairman, Tom McCormick from the business. It was also announced that Brian Whyte, Managing Director of Office Evolutions Group will become CEO of the newly merged organisation which will collectively employ more than 100 staff. The remaining shareholders Brian Whyte, Michael Cox, David Taylor, Gerry Cheung, Adrienne Prendergast, Jim Hand and Trevor Atkins will form the board of directors of the new entity.

Speaking about this merger, Brian Whyte, newly appointed CEO said

“I am delighted to announce the completion of this exciting merger which unites two market leading and consistently profitable, indigenous Irish companies. Together we are uniquely positioned to take full advantage of this market opportunity. Our combined strength will enable us to offer new solutions and expertise to existing and new customers and provides us with a strong platform to accelerate growth and expansion into new markets. We look forward to integrating two best in class management teams and operations.”

David Taylor, Board Director of newly merged company said “

Each of our stakeholders will benefit from this development. The Irish marketplace is both dynamic and competitive with developments in technologies changing at pace. By joining forces Bryan S Ryan and Office Evolutions Group can consolidate shared synergies and create a strong position from which to accelerate opportunities for employees and offer more diverse solutions for our customers."

At the announcement Brian Whyte also expressed strong gratitude and recognition to the departing directors of Bryan S Ryan;

“On behalf of the new board of directors and staff we gratefully acknowledge the outstanding leadership of both Gary Rafter and Tom McCormick. They have been instrumental in building Bryan S. Ryan Ltd into an outstanding operation. We are enormously grateful to them for their contributions to the business over the years.

” Fergus Fitzpatrick acted as financial advisor on merger transaction, while solicitors Hanley & Lynch acted on behalf of Office Evolutions Group and Sheehan and Co. Solicitors advised Bryan S Ryan. Bank of Ireland acted as bankers on transaction.