The Millionaires

Mr Michael Enright is to receive about £9 million in cash, as well as more than £18 million of additional future profit-related…

Mr Michael Enright is to receive about £9 million in cash, as well as more than £18 million of additional future profit-related payments after the company, in which he is principal shareholder, Walsh Western, was acquired by NFC plc.

The Goodbody family three members of the well-known Goodbody family will make £14 million between them when Connacht Court, the firm in which they are the largest shareholder, is sold to British company, Johnson Service.

Mr Pat Doyle, Mr Eddie Fitzgerald, Mr Pat O'Leary and Mr John Somers share £6.7 million when the company in which they are executives, Rye Valley Foods is sold to Golden Vale.

Mr Tom McCabe estimated to have made £5 million as sole shareholder of Swifcall which was acquired by KDD in May.

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Dr Ronan Lambe and Dr John Climax share £28 million as their company, Icon, takes a Nasdaq-listing.

Dr Allen McClay the executive chairman of Galen Holdings makes £10.8 million when Boots acquires the Connors chain of chemists, in which he is the majority shareholder. He is already a multi-millionaire as a result of the Galen flotation.

Mr Jay Murray made £24 million when Logica bought the Aldiscon, in which he had a 42 per cent stake.

Mr Ronan McNamee and Dr Pat Loughrey made more than £20 million each when their company Cuisine de France was bought by IAWS.