Ireland’s Rich List
Genre
Factual Entertainment
Format
2x60
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JP McManus, Bono, Michael O’Leary, Conor McGregor: who are the most wealthy people in Ireland? Joe O’Shea reveals the lucky thirty who have reached the very top of the money pile. The person at number one is worth a cool 12.4 BILLION euro – but who is it? Using research provided by The Sunday Times Rich List, Joe along with a bank of financial commentators, tell the story of each of our top thirty and how they made their fortunes.
No of Series
2 series
Series 2
Series 1
Episode 1
1
We reveal the biggest moneymakers in sport, showbiz and music, and meet some of the younger entries, like 27 year-old Athlone man Séan McLoughlin, also known as Jack Septic Eye, who has already pocketed over two and a half million euro. His video game channel on YouTube channel now has over 16 million subscribers. Why is it so successful? He puts it down to swearing a lot…
Episode 2
2
In this second programme, Joe counts down the top fifteen on the list. It’s a list that includes motormouth Michael O’Leary and Dunnes supremo Margaret Heffernan – but neither of them are at number one. Joe also travels to Suffolk to meet one of the lucky fifteen, Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh, on his 22,000 acre onion farm. We also reveal if Daniel Day Lewis is more wealthy than Liam Neeson or Colin Farrell, and in a where are they now? section we look at a few former billionaires now conspicuously absent from the list – step forward Sean Quinn and Tony O’Reilly.