Ben Dunne

2023 - 11 - 20

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Businessman Ben Dunne dies aged 74 (The Irish Times)

Former director of Dunnes Stores survived kidnapping by IRA in 1981, was ousted from retail empire following payments to politicians and established chain ...

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Ben Dunne: Former Dunnes stores boss dies aged 74 (BBC News)

Businessman's life featured a number of controversies including a cocaine arrest and an IRA kidnapping.

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Ben Dunne, an Irish supermarket heir who survived an IRA ... (ABC News)

An Irish businessman who survived a kidnapping by the IRA and triggered a scandal that shook Ireland's politics has died.

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Cáit Caden: Ben Dunne had a major impact on Irish life, less so in ... (Irish Examiner)

Hard-nosed retail scion who reinvented himself as a fitness entrepreneur and failed to launch online left a lasting impact on Irish society — but not on ...

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Ben Dunne's IRA kidnap, arrest in Florida, and 'thanks, big fella ... (Irish Examiner)

Ben Dunne's life could have been very different if he hadn't been held for ransom. But after that trauma and subsequent controversies, he created a further ...

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Former Dunnes Stores Director Ben Dunne Dies In Dubai (Checkout)

Astute businessman and former director of retail giant Dunnes Stores, Ben Dunne, died yesterday during a family holiday in Dubai.

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Ben Dunne obituary: Larger than life, the 'big fella' always bounced ... (The Irish Times)

He survived a kidnapping drama that might have come to define the life of another person, but was little more than a footnote in his.

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