Fiona McHugh is an Irish journalist and editor. Educated at University College Dublin, where she studied English and philosophy. As a journalist, she worked for The Economist, Bloomberg, and Reuters, before being appointed editor of the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, in 2000, succeeding Rory Godson, a position she held until 2005. With her husband, property developer Paul Byrne, they founded Fallon & Byrne, the high-end food store in 2005, in Exchequer Street in Dublin.[1] In 2017, they opened another branch in Rathmines, which included a restaurant.[2] The Rathmines branch was closed in January 2020, and they sold Fallon & Byrne in early 2020.[3] McHugh and her husband still own and run Lenehans Bar and Grill, in Rathmines.[4]

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  1. ^ "Fallon and Byrne". Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ Fallon & Byrne To Open New Restaurant in Rathmines, Dublin Archived 29 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Hospitality Ireland, April 26, 2017.
  3. ^ End of a dream: As founders exit, what is next for food retailer Fallon & Byrne (and its environs)? Archived 29 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine by Tom Lyons, The Currency, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lenehans Bar and Grill". Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.