Taking a bite out of the recession

LOSING a job is a setback for most people, but for some it is an opportunity for adventure.

Losing her job as a senior architect spurred Cliodna Moynihan to open the Buttercup Café in Shandon in Cork City.

She and her husband, Tom Downes, also an architect, had moved from Dublin and had built their dream home. Then, the recession hit. “I’m not sure I would have changed career if I hadn’t been pushed,” she says. “I always liked baking and I love meeting customers, but we’ll never be rich.”