“The biggest learning curve in fashion is that you are never going to know it all, you are never going to get it 100pc right and it doesn’t matter how good my team is on the day, there are always things outside your control whether it is a fabric dye or a button trim. You have got to be on your toes all the time and it’s that attention to detail that helped us survive.“
Profits at the group behind McMahons Builders Providers nearly tripled last year to €30.6m as it benefited from a surge in construction activity.
The Department of Enterprise is on track to issue a record number of employment permits this year as officials race to clear a backlog of applications built up during the pandemic.