Tributes paid after death of 'formidable' Barry Group founder James A Barry

Cork-born entrepreneur behind Costcutter, Quik Pick and Carry Outchain dies aged 92

The late James A Barry, founder of the Barry Group, wholesalers, seen here with his son, Jim, in 2015. Picture: Tony O'Connell Photography.

Tributes have been paid to the founder of the Barry Group, one of the leading wholesale groups in Ireland, who died this weekend at the age of 92.

James A Barry founded the Barry Group, the group behind the Quik Pick, Costcutter, and Carry Out franchises, in 1955.