For decades Leech Papers ran as a family business in a factory in Dublin’s north docks. Nestled between a brown brick terrace of houses and the Royal Canal greenway, the warehouse at Shamrock Place manufactured paper and packaging before later switching to recycling, data security and confidential corporate shredding services.  Set up in 1982, the plant was run by Joseph Leech (who took over as managing director from his late father Noel Leech who founded the business), with his wife Magdalene and his sister Catherine Coates, a bookkeeper and company director. Together they owned the business: Joe Leech had a…

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