Flights and cuppas make rich list

WHETHER building homes, jetting holidaymakers off to the sun or ensuring shops are stocked with the nation’s favourite cuppa, Irish entrepreneurs are in a class of their own.

This year’s Sunday Times rich list of Ireland’s wealthiest 250 men and women has 33 new entrants with fortunes ranging from a mere €51 million to a whopping €241m.

Published tomorrow, the who’s who of Ireland’s highest earners also has a separate section for Celtic Tiger cubs like Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s daughter Cecelia Ahern, who sits on a €7m fortune thanks to the books she writes.