Gerry Tyrrell

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name = Gerry Tyrrell
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1942|9|18
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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occupation = Entrepeneur,
Director,
Semi-Retired
spouse = Irene
children = Gordon, Philip,
Gerard, Norma Jean
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Gerry Tyrrell (born September 18 1942) is an Irish haulage entrepreneur.

Tyrell was previously Managing Director of Irish Express Cargo Ltd. (IEC), Ireland's largest freight forwarding company. IEC was established as a general freight forwarder in 1972. The company was subsequently bought by Flextronics International Ltd, a contract electronics maker which provides electronics manufacturing facilities to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in 2000. At that time there were more than 900 employees in Ireland alone. Including the UK, the company employed almost 1,800.cite web |author=Simon Carswell |coauthor=Ian Kehoe |title=The rich club: A who's who of Irish multi-millionaires |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2004/12/05/story833.asp |work=Sunday Business Post |date=December 5 2004 |accessdate=2008-02-29]

Tyrrell is currently semi-retired and is a member of an investment consortium that are involved in property developments in Ireland and Europe.

Tyrrell is a Director and co-owner of Celtic Flame Ltd., an Environmental heating systems importer based in Dublin, Ireland. Celtic Flame were responsible for introducing Domestic wood pellet heating technology to Ireland in 2003.

He is also a Director and co-owner of ICB Ltd., Barcelona, Spain, a wood pellet heating system manufacturer. The company was established in 2006 by Francis Elguer.

References

External links

* [http://www.celticflame.ie Celtic Flame Ltd.]
* [http://www.icb-biomass.com ICB Ltd]
* [http://www.irishexpresscargo.ie/site/home.asp Irish Express Cargo Ltd.]