Fiona McHugh is 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 being appointed editor of the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, in 2000, succeeding Rory Godson, a position she held until 2005. With her husband, property developer Paul Byrne, they founded Fallon & Byrne, the high-end food store in 2005, in 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 still own and run Lenehans Bar and Grill, in Rathmines.[4]

References

  1. "Fallon and Byrne". Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. Fallon & Byrne To Open New Restaurant in Rathmines, Dublin Archived 29 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Hospitality Ireland, April 26, 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. "Lenehans Bar and Grill". Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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