‘I wish I’d been a bad risk to the banks 20 years ago’

A pottery business spun out of control in 2008, losing €1,500 a day.

Its owner, Stephen Pearse, is more modest these days, as Vincent Ryan discovers

Stephen Pearse: ‘I said I’m not going to let the banks stop me, I’ll stop when I’m ready. My father started this and the show goes on.’