Irish Examiner view: Posterity will be generous to the memory of the late Ben Dunne
Shoppers queue for the opening of the first Dunnes Stores on St Patrick's Street, Cork, on March 31, 1944. Ben Dunne was a scion of that business empire but his life was also touched by trauma, not least being kidnapped by the IRA. File picture: Irish Examiner Archive
Ben Dunne, the fabled Cork entrepreneur who died in Dubai after suffering a heart attack at the age of 74, properly qualifies for those euphemisms beloved of obituary writers. Whether you describe him as “colourful” or “larger than life”, both descriptions, and many others will be huge understatements.
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