Lifetime Achievement Award for Supermac’s supremo

Pat McDonagh (left) accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Ireland’s Forecourt & Convenience Retailer Awards gala evening in the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin, recently. He is pictured here with his wife, Una, and Dessie Aughey of category sponsor, Air-Serv

Where others see an insurmountable obstacle, Pat McDonagh sees a challenge to be overcome. For nearly four decades he has been at the forefront of the Irish food and retail business sector, and he shows no signs of slowing down – quite the opposite, in fact.

The Galway native, who opened his first Supermac’s restaurant in Ballinasloe in 1978, was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the board of Ireland’s Forecourt and ...