Last October, Sharon McCabe finalised a deal to sell McCabes Pharmacy, the family-owned chain of 31 pharmacy outlets, to PHX Ireland, the owner of the LloydsPharmacy chain in Ireland. The deal made sense for both parties. PHX Ireland is set to lose the right to use the LloydsPharmacy name in Ireland over the coming months and needed a new brand for its 82 Irish pharmacies. The idea was to rebrand the the wider chain under the McCabe marquee with Sharon McCabe becoming head of the unit. For McCabe, it offered a profitable exit route and a major role with a…

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