Tony O'Reilly, the Irish media tycoon and former H.J. Heinz Co boss who first rose to prominence as a record-breaking British and Irish Lions rugby player, died on Saturday at the age of 88. “Mr O'Reilly was a giant of sports, business and media and left permanent legacies in all three. He was a trailblazer and forged a path that many other international business figures from Ireland would follow,” Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said in a statement. Born in Dublin in 1936, O'Reilly won his first of 29 rugby caps on the wing for Ireland at the age of 18.

Source: The Herald May 19, 2024 08:47 UTC