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Sat 03 Mar 2003Head of family business that was world leader in shipping of live cattle
Seamus Purcell: Seamus Purcell, who has died aged 80, headed a family business that became the world's largest shipper of live cattle.
Purcell Brothers dominated the Irish cattle trade when exports to North African and Middle Eastern markets were booming, and Seamus Purcell played a major role in securing these markets when he introduced the former Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, to the Libyan leader, Colonel Gadafy.
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