Denis Lynn
TRIBUTES have been paid to Northern Ireland agri businessman Denis Lynn, who died following a quad bike accident on Sunday night.
Mr Lynn, 63, was the founder of Finnebrogue in Downpatrick, which championed his locally produced food including venison and a range of bacon and sausages.
Mr Lynn started his career selling pies from a van and quickly expanded into selling pre-cooked chips and then into farming. Based at the Finnebrogue Estate in County Down, he developed the popular Naked Bacon range, which was free from nitrites, and then a range of sausages.
More lately he was leading an expansion into plant based foods and already had completed a new factory to produce that new range. The company employs around 1000 people across four sites in County Down and supplies several major UK supermarkets.