Business community leaders top pay league

PENSIONERS Michael Smurfit, Allen McClay and Tony O’Reilly are definitely not over the hill.

Business community leaders top pay league
Mon, 04 Nov, 2002 - 00:00

The wealthy trio top the Irish earners’ list just ahead of the high-flying Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s 41-year-old chief executive whose gross pay eclipses, for the first time, the airline’s founder Tony Ryan.

The business community dominate the Irish pay league but the nouveau riche from the sporting and entertainment worlds are hot on their heels.

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