Tributes have been paid to prominent Northern Ireland businessman Norman Lynas, who has died aged 77. He began his career with a small fishmongers shop in Coleraine before growing a major frozen food firm, Lynas Foodservice. You can read more here - https://t.co/CICMK6xq8g — Peter Lynas (@peterlynas) November 23, 2019It currently employs 550 staff and serves more than 5,000 customers. Mr Lynas established the Lynas Charitable Trust Fund in 1978 from income from the business, and supported a wide variety of causes. Another of his sons, Andrew, chief executive of Lynas Foodservice, described his father as “a man of vision, guts and tenacity who loved Jesus and loved business”.

Source: Irish Examiner November 24, 2019 14:03 UTC