Seamus Fitzpatrick

Dublin-headquartered group recently surpassed the €1bn turnover threshold

M&M Walshe will join the London private equity firm’s Eight Fifty Food Group

Denis O’Brien and Larry Goodman are prominent among investors in the sector

Valeo recently acquired crisp maker Kettle Foods and Christmas pudding producer Matthew Walker

Rebel investors in diamond mining firm blame Conroy for ‘zero returns’ in 14 years

Dublin-based company recently bought Kettle crisps British operation

Cantillon: After purchase of Kettle crisps, will Valeo Foods itself become focus of an offer?

Acquisition is the 12th in the nine years since it was founded

Irish food group in exclusive talks with Campbell Soup to buy UK and Ireland arm of company behind Metcalfe popcorn

Richard Conroy to remain on board of gold and diamond explorer following egm vote

Clear leaders and overall favourites emerge as race breezes towards halfway mark

Private equity company buys Young’s Seafood for second time

Rebel group wants to oust Richard Conroy and four board colleagues

Next step for the Karelian rebels is an egm, to seek support for board shake-up

Prof Richard Conroy responds to allegations money raised was spent on pay for directors

First set of publicly-filed accounts value group’s assets at end of March at €998 million