Photo: David ConachyAnthony O'Reilly and wife Chryss O'Reilly at the Ireland Funds Gala evening at the Four Season's Hotel, Dublin, in 2007. Photo: CollinsFormer media magnate Tony O’Reilly has been remembered as a “trailblazer” and a giant of industry by figures across Irish business, sport and political life. His peer and businessman Michael Smurfit paid tribute to Mr O’Reilly as a contemporary and competitor. “Nobody loved life like Tony and nobody lived life like Tony. Mr O’Reilly was “a man of great personal charm” who used that gift for significant philanthropy during his lifetime, Mr Higgins said.

Source: Irish Independent May 20, 2024 17:52 UTC