Pádraig Hoare: The Monday Interview - Carving opportunity out of adversity

When Pat Lucey and Colum Horgan faced the axe from Motorola — along with 300 of their fellow employees — in 2007, they turned the situation around to start their own company, Mr Lucey tells Pádraig Hoare

Facing unemployment in early 2007, there was gloom in the air for 300 workers at mobile phone giant Motorola in Cork.

Two such employees were Pat Lucey and Colum Horgan. Veterans of the business, both men worried about their futures. Not even in their wildest business dreams could the men have realised the success that would follow over the next decade by setting up their project management, consulting and IT services company.