Tributes have been paid following the death of Hilary Weston, the Dublin-born businesswoman who helped build Penneys and Brown Thomas. She was 83.

Ms Weston was married to the late Galen Weston for 55 years, and together they helped establish the two stores as high street mainstays.

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