Canny investors should look to the East for opportunities

“When I came over here first, I was over and back between here and Ireland, and there wasn’t a lot to do as regards having fun.

Around Guangdong it was all industrial — massive industrial estates and operators living in dorms and sending money back home.

“What struck me was how not so different it was to Ireland in the old days. My parents left Ireland and went to England to make money and were sending their wages home at the end of the month.