Long-lost relative could reap share of $1.9m

FANCY a share of a $1.9 million inheritance? Well if you happen to be living in north Cork or south Limerick you’d better start researching your family tree.

A lawyer in the US is looking for Irish relatives of a former chairman of the American Press Council, who died without naming heirs three years ago.

Richard Riordan-Schalk, who lived in Alexandria, Virginia, was also a former spokesman for the Forbes 500-listed American Aluminium company.