O’Reilly and in-laws own 25% of crystal firm

Jim Morahan

A quarter of the Waterford Wedgwood shares are owned by the families of Dr O'Reilly and his brother-in-law Peter Goulandris.

At close of business yesterday, Waterford shares had soared 36% a rise of 1c to 0.05 giving the company a value of E132m. On that basis, the O'Reilly and Goulandris families' stake is worth about E34m.