The unassuming empire builder
Fiefdom by fiefdom, Liam Healy spent decades making Tony O’Reilly’s INM a global press powerhouse
When Tony O’Reilly made one of the most profitable decisions in his life by buying the Irish Independent in 1973, he acquired – along with a historic building, newspaper titles with immense potential, and a rackety old set of printing presses – a 44-year-old accountant named Liam Healy, who was to be as valuable to him as any of his other assets for more than three decades.
Healy, who died on September 24, ...
