Derrycourt Wins Two Awards at the 2026 eir Business Chambers Ireland Awards
Growth usually puts pressure on the same parts of a business. Standards begin to drift, manual work multiplies, and visibility becomes harder to maintain as operations spread. Derrycourt saw those risks early. Since growing from its beginnings in 1992 into a nationwide business employing over 2,000 people, the company has made deliberate choices to strengthen systems, tighten operational control and support teams as complexity increased.
That is what sat behind Derrycourt’s recognition at the 2026 eir Business Chambers Ireland Awards, where Facilities Management Company of the Year and Team of the Year captured both sides of the same achievement: delivery holding firm on site, and the structure behind it holding too..
About the eir Business Chambers Ireland Awards
Now in their 14th year, the eir Business Chambers Ireland Awards recognise leading organisations, teams and individuals from across the Irish economy. Following a rigorous judging process spanning 30 categories, the awards celebrate excellence in business performance, innovation, leadership and impact. For Derrycourt, recognition as Facilities Management Company of the Year and Team of the Year places the business alongside some of Ireland’s most respected organisations and marks a significant milestone in its continued growth.
Click here to read the official eir Business Chambers Ireland Awards press release.
Presented on Friday 26 June 2026, the awards recognised organisations driving innovation, growth and commercial excellence across the Irish economy. For Derrycourt, the result reflected years of investment in both operational delivery and the systems supporting it.
Facilities Management Company of the Year Award
Derrycourt’s win of the Facilities Management Company of the Year award reflects a model that has been shaped through discipline rather than expansion for its own sake.
Derrycourt’s facilities management capability has developed alongside its contract cleaning service, introduced where it strengthens delivery rather than complicates it. In environments such as healthcare, public infrastructure and high-footfall workplaces, performance depends on more than completing tasks. It depends on consistency, responsiveness and clear accountability.
Across these settings, the approach is structured. Responsibilities are defined early. Oversight is built into daily work, not added after the fact. Teams operate within systems that are designed to hold across different sites and levels of complexity.
As the business has scaled, the focus has been on maintaining that structure. Mobilisation follows a consistent framework. Management remains close to operations. Training and governance are aligned with the reality of the environments being supported. From a client perspective, the impact is straightforward. Service delivery remains consistent. Issues are addressed earlier. Environments that rely on dependable support experience fewer disruptions.
The award recognises that consistency as a way of working that continues to hold under pressure.
The Team of the Year Award
The Team of the Year award recognised a programme that reshaped how Derrycourt manages and supports its workforce across a national operation.
As the business expanded, the challenge was not simply managing larger numbers of employees. It was ensuring that recruitment, onboarding, training, compliance, rostering and performance management remained connected as teams grew across hundreds of locations.
The programme brought those elements together into a more integrated model. New employees could move more seamlessly from onboarding into role-specific training. Learning requirements became more closely aligned with operational needs. Workforce planning, scheduling and development activities were connected through a single framework rather than operating in isolation.
Introducing that change required collaboration across multiple departments and careful implementation across a live, multi-site environment. Managers, HR, payroll and operational teams worked together to embed new ways of working while maintaining day-to-day service delivery.
The result is a workforce model that provides greater visibility, stronger planning and a more consistent experience for employees throughout their journey with Derrycourt. From recruitment and learning through to deployment and ongoing development, the programme has helped create a more connected approach to managing a workforce of more than 2,000 people.
The award recognises more than the implementation of new systems. It reflects a long-term investment in the structure, skills and processes that support Derrycourt’s people every day.
Holding the Standard at Scale
Derrycourt being recognised as Facilities Management Company of the Year and Team of the Year at the 2026 eir Business Chambers Ireland Awards reflects both delivery on site and the structure behind it.
Keeping standards consistent as a business grows takes more than scale. It requires visibility, control and systems that evolve alongside operations.
The result is visible in the work itself. Delivery remains steady across sites. The systems supporting it are consistent and repeatable. That combination is difficult to achieve at scale — and it is what earned Derrycourt national recognition.