Aoife Finnegan – Curio PR
Aoife moved to London to work as an actor but took a job in the PR department of Tourism Ireland, which ultimately changed the course of her career.
Jennifer Provan – Kitchenetta Catering
Jennifer Provan, from Ballymascanlon on the Cooley Peninsula in Co Louth, left Ireland in 2002 because she had met her husband, who is Glaswegian, and he had a business in Glasgow.
Laura McDermott – Colectivo
Laura McDermott, from Dunboyne in Co Meath, was living in Dublin, where she worked in FinTech for Bank of Ireland, when she decided she wanted a change. So, in 2015, she seized an opportunity to go to Spain to implement project-based learning of English in schools there.
Ronan Purcell – Fort Energy
Ronan Purcell, a native of Athy in Co Kildare, and his wife Tara left Ireland in search of adventure in 2011 after Ronan had spent over a decade as an officer in the Irish Defence Forces.
Sarah Fliessbach – Shareclub
Motivated by her commitment to the circular economy, Sarah founded Shareclub in 2022, a reusable packaging solution for events and workplaces.
Shemaine Doyle – Brave
When Shemaine Doyle, who is from Firhouse in Dublin, left Ireland in 2010 she was motivated by a simple desire to go somewhere abroad.