The sibling owners of the online funeral website RIP.ie have entered exclusive talks with a single buyer after fielding about a dozen initial bids. The Irish Times DAC, the media group which publishes The Irish Times and The Irish Examiner, has been strongly rumoured in the market to be the frontrunner in the bidding for the 15-year-old business. However, Liam Kavanagh, the outgoing chief executive of The Irish Times group, said it was not currently in any talks with RIP.ie. A number of other parties who ran the rule over the business said they had not made it through to…
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