Munster Joinery founder dies

PATRICK (Paddy) Ring — who along with his brother, Donal, helped build up an operation that has become the country’s biggest manufacturer of windows and doors — has died.

Mr Ring, 59, had been ill for a short time.

In 1973, the Ring brothers started their joinery business in a small shed next to their family home at Lacca Cross, about 4km from Ballydesmond, in Co Cork.