Sector in mourning after sudden death of agri-business father-figure

IRISH agri-business yesterday mourned the unexpected death of James Moloney, a father-figure of the sector.

Wed, 05 Apr, 2006 - 01:00

Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent

A native of Barryroe, Co Cork, he was born into a strong farming family.

He graduated from UCC with a degree in economics and history and joined the IAOS (later renamed ICOS) in 1950 as a field officer in the Munster region.

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Place: Barryroe,Place: Co Cork Place: Munster Place: Ireland Person: James Moloney Person: Moloney Person: Padraig Gibbons Person: Jim Moloney Person: Jim Organisation: UCC Organisation: IAOS Organisation: ICOS Organisation: Cogeca Organisation: European Co-operatives Organisation: Board of the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society Ltd Organisation: IAWS Co-operative Organisation: IAWS Group plc Organisation: IAWS

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