Fiona McHugh (1968 – 12 March 2025) was an Irish journalist and editor. Educated at

University College Dublin University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest ...

, where she studied English and philosophy. As a journalist, she worked for The Economist, Bloomberg, and Reuters, before succeeding Rory Godson as editor of the Irish edition of ''

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'' in 2000, making her the first female newspaper editor-in-chief in Ireland. She held this position until 2005, when, alongside her husband, property developer Paul Byrne, she founded ''Fallon & Byrne'', the high-end food store on Exchequer Street in

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. In 2017, they opened another branch in Rathmines, which included a restaurant. The

Rathmines Rathmines (; ) is an inner suburb on the Southside (Dublin), Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It begins at the southern side of the Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal and stretches along the Rathmines Road as far as Rathgar to the south, Ranela ...

branch was closed in January 2020, and they sold Fallon & Byrne in early 2020. McHugh and her husband owned and ran Lenehans Bar and Grill, in Rathmines.

Death

McHugh died from cancer in a hospice in

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, Dublin, on 12 March 2025, at the age of 57.

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