The Dublin-born businesswoman and philanthropist helped build Penneys and Brown Thomas as part of her late husband Galen’s ...

At the age of 21, Galen Weston left his home in Canada in 1962 and flew to Ireland to start a new business. Soon after ...

Ms Weston died in London on Saturday, where she had lived in recent years. It is understood her health deteriorated over the ...

Hilary Weston, the Dublin-born businesswoman, philanthropist and lover of the arts – who helped build Brown Thomas as Ireland ...

From Dún Laoghaire, Hilary Weston became a prominent figure in business and philanthropic circles in UK and Canada ...

T ÁNAISTE SIMON HARRIS has been among those to pay tribute to Irish-Canadian businesswoman Hilary Weston, who died yesterday ...

Hilary Weston, the Dublin-born businesswoman, philanthropist, and former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, passed away peacefully in England on August 3, 2025, at the age of 83, her family confirmed.

Born Hilary Frayne in Dún Laoghaire in 1942, she was the eldest of five children and attended Loreto Abbey, Dalkey.

At Primark, sales were up by almost a fifth to £4.3 billion, while adjusted operating profit of £351 million fell 15%, as the chain absorbed higher costs to protect market share. “We moved prices up ...

Primark owner Associated British Foods has not done a good enough job of explaining to investors the strategic logic, growth potential and value of its food businesses and must do better, its ...