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Archive 2014 : Eoin Gavin Transport – Depot 130
PRINCIPALDEPOTJOINED Eoin Gavin130 – Bunratty, Co. Clare.2008 Eoin Gavin’s father, Terry, and his uncles were involved in the haulage business since the 1950s. In 1998, after studying business and marketing at the University of Limerick, and doing a stint for Shannon Transport, Eoin was keen to expand the family business. His father thought it too…
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Archive 2014 : Abhann Logistics – Depot 111
PrincipalDepotJoined Mike Hogan111 – Raheen, Limerick2008 Mike Hogan has worked in transport most of his life and enjoys the challenge. He got his truck licence at just seventeen years old and worked for Hickey Group, initially as a driver and then as transport manager. After seven or so years with the company, he bought his…
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Archive 2014 : K & L Deliveries – Depot 127
PrincipalDepotJoined Gordon O’Keefe127 – Millstreet, Co Cork2008 Gordon O’Keefe began in the haulage industry in 1986 with two Hi-Ace vans and a smalltruck. With his business partner, John Lucey, he transported goods to Dublin from Kerry, Cork and Limerick. He bought Lucey out in 1991. Although the company expanded using the original business model, Gordon…
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Archive 2014 : Hyland Express Cargo – Depot 113
PrincipalDepotJoined Ger Hyland113, Rosenallis, Co. Laois2006 Hyland Transport is one of the older transport companies in Ireland. Based in Rosenallis in Co. Laois, it was founded by Edward and Mary Hyland in 1925. The company began with hauling milk, then turf, turnips, hay and straw, which they could transport without a licence. In 1933 they…
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Archive 2014 : Independent Express Cargo – Depot 102
PRINCIPALSDEPOTJOINED Owen Cooke102 – Dublin2004 Independent Express Cargo moved from its original base in Santry to its current location, which is situated on an eight-acre site in Ballycoolin, in 1999. While the company’s initial core business of freight forwarding, warehousing and European road freight continued to develop, national distribution of palletised cargo became a priority…
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Archive 2014 : Langan Couriers – Depot 108
PRINCIPALS DEPOTJOINED Michael Langan & John McGann108 – Galway2004 Langan Couriers is another founding member of the network. It was established by Michael Langan in 1981 and, with two vans, he provided a parcel and package courier business in Galway. John McGann joined the company 1988 and together they developed the business, offering nationwide haulage.…
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TMH supplies new Still Forklifts
Total Materials Handling have supplied The Pallet Network with 10 new electric forklifts from Still. The RX60-25 has already proven a hit with the TPN’s warehouse operators. As more and more vehicles are moving towards electric motors, for smoothness, reliability, quiet running, and zero emissions, TPN decided to investigate our options. TMH advised us to…
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Archive 2014 : AM Nexday – Depot 101
AM Nexday PRINCIPALSDEPOTJOINED Alex Maguire & Damien Maguire101 – Larne, Co Antrim2004 As principals of AM Transport, brothers Damien and Alex Maguire had a business relationship with Owen Cooke before the Pallet Network was created. AM Transportestablished in 1988 and worked in the telecoms industry for Nortel, one of the bigger employers in Northern Ireland…
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Archive 2014 : Breffni Couriers – Depot 112
Breffni Couriers PRINCIPALSDEPOTJOINED Brian & Geraldine O’Reilly112 – Monasterboice, Co. Louth2004 Brian and Geraldine O’Reilly were cautious about joining the new pallet network. I’d been approached by another network,’ said Brian, ‘but I didn’t have the same confidence in them that I had in the TPN principals.’ After plenty of detailed discussions, they agreed to…
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Archive 2014 : The Pallet Network – 10 Years On
At 10.00pm on the night of 8 June 2004, an articulated truck from Breffni Couriers in County Louth pulled into a purpose-built transport hub in Blanchardstown, Dublin,with pallets for delivery nationwide the following day. The truck was off-loaded and the freight sorted by location in the 20,000 foot hub. Pallets already on the squareground from…
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