"Following the recent death of Ben Dunne Jr's son Rob, the family were thrown back into the spotlight they have long tried to avoid"
"They were one of Ireland's wealthiest dynasties, yet Ben Dunne Jr and his siblings also epitomised the opening lines of Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina: "All happy families are alike but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion.""
"Bernard (Ben) Dunne Sr and his wife Nora, who built the Dunnes Stores retail dynasty, were tough task-masters."
Following the recent death of Rob Dunne, the Dunne family returned to intense public scrutiny after a prolonged period of privacy. Bernard (Ben) Dunne Sr and his wife Nora built the Dunnes Stores retail dynasty and exerted strict, demanding control over their children. Ben Dunne Jr and his siblings became emblematic of familial unhappiness, echoing Tolstoy’s line that unhappy families are each unhappy in their own way. The family's prominence in Irish business contrasted with private struggles and media attention renewed by personal tragedy.
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