Aug22136 55. As specialists in water management and conservation, Cully Automation has been providing specialist solutions for water and wastewater projects throughout Ireland for more than two decades. The company has earned a name for its experience and expertise within Ireland’s water sector, trusted to deliver products and services of exemplary standards. We caught up with Commercial Director Michael Quirke to learn more about Cully, as the company is named in the Irish Enterprise Awards 2026. quality and safety. Accountability, technical excellence, and collaboration is encouraged across the board, ensuring that every project undertaken is delivered efficiently and to the highest standards. This approach is especially important within the water sector, particularly as focus increases on asset resilience, remote monitoring, energy efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Ireland is accelerating investment into water and wastewater upgrades, network optimisation, and climate resilience. In such a rapidly developing environment, Cully ensures that it stays ahead by adopting modern SCADA platforms, secure architectures, and data-led automation strategies, while continuously upskilling its team to meet evolving standards. This will be a main priority for Cully this coming year, as Michael shared with us: “Looking to 2026 and beyond, Cully aims to further support Ireland’s long-term water infrastructure strategy. Our focus includes advanced monitoring, smarter control systems, improved energy efficiency, and scalable automation solutions to support the water and wastewater industry.” For 26 years, Cully has risen to stand as an essential partner to Ireland’s water sector, building a stellar reputation for its “thinking-outside-the-box” approach to providing turnkey solutions that directly meet each client’s deliverables. The top-tier team blends sectoral expertise, significant national presence, and an unwavering commitment to quality and safety to ensure that Cully remains at the forefront of water management and conservation in Ireland. It is for this hard work and dedication that Cully has been recognised for the Best Water Cycle Management Services 2026. Contact: Michael Quirke Company: Cully Automation Ltd Web Address: www.cully.ie Best Water Cycle Management Services 2026 “Cully is proud to contribute to critical national water infrastructure, delivering dependable automation that protects public health, the environment, and longterm service continuity.” Cully Automation was established in March 2000 in Leixlip, County Kildare, founded by Brendan and Mary Cully. Prior to embarking on this journey, Brendan Cully spent almost 30 years working with instrumentation, metering, and telemetry in Ireland. Brendan built an outstanding reputation within his field, spending the first two decades of his career providing frontline service support for instrumentation products in treatment plants, effluent plants, and distribution systems. Brendan’s extensive experience in the water sector, which has also spanned power, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and dairy industries, played a critical role in the company’s growth. Cully established a second office based in Glanmire just six years after its inception, driven by significant business growth. In 2018, the company established a Northern Ireland office in Moira, and, following continued growth, relocated its head office to the Kildare Innovation Campus in Leixlip in 2020. Today, Cully stands as the number one provider of water services to the Irish market. The company serves as an automation and control specialist delivering robust, compliant solutions for the water and wastewater sector. Working with utilities, local authorities, and contractors, it provides Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, control panel design, system integration, commissioning, and ongoing support for critical water infrastructure. Being based in Ireland provides Cully with myriad opportunities, allowing the company to support national water programmes with local knowledge, rapid response, and on-site expertise. The team’s unrivalled understanding of Irish regulatory requirements, environmental challenges, and infrastructure needs means that Cully delivers solutions tailored specifically to the Irish water sector. “Clients choose us for our deep sector knowledge, responsive support, and longterm partnership approach.” In a dynamic market, Cully stands out for its dedicated approach and deep expertise. “We specialise in mission-critical water infrastructure, where reliability and compliance are non-negotiable,” Michael told us. “Our engineers understand the operational realities of treatment plants, pumping stations, and networks, allowing us to deliver practical, maintainable solutions that work in the real world.” With a deep understanding of its sector, Cully operates with an internal culture that is hands-on, safety-focused, and deliverydriven. When recruiting, the company prioritises engineers who possess experience in the water sector, alongside strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to
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