PML Group, one of the main outdoor advertising companies in Ireland, has been bought out by British company Posterscope for an undisclosed sum.

The PML group employs 41 staff in Dublin and Belfast, and comprises PML, Source out of home and the Poster Audit Bureau, which will all now join Posterscope Worldwide. The deal marks something of a reversal, as in 2007 PML expanded by buying out the Irish operations of Posterscope.

"This will provide us with more services and give us international scope," said PML managing director Jimmy Cashen.