'A visionary, entrepreneur and risk-taker': Golden Discs founder Jackie Fitzgerald dies

The founder of Ireland's largest and oldest home-entertainment specialist retail chain passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 15, aged 94
'A visionary, entrepreneur and risk-taker': Golden Discs founder Jackie Fitzgerald dies

Jack Fitzgerald and Tom Rogers.

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025 - 14:24
Breda Graham

The founder of Golden Discs Jack Fitzgerald has been remembered as "a visionary, entrepreneur and risk-taker" whose influence on the music industry in Ireland will be remembered for generations to come.

The founder of Ireland's largest and oldest home-entertainment specialist retail chain passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 15, aged 94.

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