What a Difference a Day Makes: 'I love West Cork and we do want to give back'
US-born, West Cork-based Chris Mason tells Helen O’Callaghan about how a moment when his wife said ‘yes’ set the wheels in motion for a whole new life in another country – and the start of a new sustainable business.
Chris Mason at Clearance Items Ltd, Skibbereen, Co Cork. Picture Dan Linehan
My mind was already made up – I was waiting for my wife, Laurie, to come to the same conclusion. It was spring break 2016. We were having dinner in a favourite restaurant in Venice Beach, LA, where we were living. We knew we wanted to move from LA, and Laurie said ‘yeah, I think West Cork is the place’. That’s when we decided to put the wheels in motion.
We did debate are we completely insane? All the logistics of moving 5,000 miles away. But once we made the decision it was liberating, very exciting to be starting fresh.
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