Fiona McHugh
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Fiona McHugh (1968 – 12 March 2025) was an Irish journalist and editor. Educated at University College Dublin, where she studied English and philosophy.
As a journalist, she worked for The Economist, Bloomberg, and Reuters, before succeeding Rory Godson as editor of the Irish edition of The Sunday Times in 2000, making her the first female newspaper editor-in-chief in Ireland. She held this position until 2005, when, alongside her husband, property developer Paul Byrne, she founded Fallon & Byrne, the high-end food store on Exchequer Street in Dublin.[1] In 2017, they opened another branch in Rathmines, which included a restaurant.[2] The Rathmines branch was closed in January 2020, and they sold Fallon & Byrne in early 2020.[3] McHugh and her husband owned and ran Lenehans Bar and Grill, in Rathmines.[4]
Death
[edit]McHugh died from cancer in a hospice in Harold's Cross, Dublin, on 12 March 2025, at the age of 57.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fallon and Byrne". Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Fallon & Byrne To Open New Restaurant in Rathmines, Dublin Archived 29 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Hospitality Ireland, April 26, 2017.
- ^ End of a dream: As founders exit, what is next for food retailer Fallon & Byrne (and its environs)? Archived 29 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine by Tom Lyons, The Currency, 2020.
- ^ "Lenehans Bar and Grill". Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Fiona McHugh". RIP.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Fiona McHugh, former Sunday Times Ireland editor and Fallon & Byrne co-founder, dies aged 57". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 March 2025.