Former Heinz chairman and Ireland rugby international died aged 88 on Saturday after a short illness
Tony O’Reilly made a fortune as chief executive and chairman of the US food company Heinz . Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons. His remains will be brought to the Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook, on Wednesday evening and his funeral mass will be held on Thursday morning at 11am.
Mr O’Reilly’s family have requested mourners do not bring flowers, suggesting instead that donations, if desired, may be made to the Ireland Funds, a philanthropic network which Mr O’Reilly set up in theIreland’s two-tier cancer drug system: ‘I can give one drug to one lot of patients, not to another’Bruce Springsteen in Croke Park review: Blockbuster performance closes Irish tour on an emotion-filled...
Mr O’Reilly was knighted in the 2001 British new year’s honours list for his work for peace in Ireland and was subsequently known as Mr O’Reilly’s business career encompassed being general manager of the Irish Dairy Board where he created the Kerrygold butter brand. He moved to the Irish Sugar Board and from there on to the US company. He became the president of Heinz in 1973, chief executive in 1979 and the first non-Heinz family chairman in 1987.
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