Cork designer Aiveen Daly on leaving a 'sensible' job to follow her passion

Creativity and innovation, along with an eye for design and detail, plus getting the attention of the most discerning clients, has helped make an Irish success story abroad, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

It's lovely to hear of someone from home doing well, and, of late, television programmes have been devoted to ex-pats who’ve hit the big time in New York real estate, successes in Hollywood, and those working for the rich and famous, but we rarely hear of the more low-key and often unexpected successes which the Irish have abroad.

One is luxury upholsterer Aiveen Daly from Cork, who, after studying Russian and business at Trinity College moved to London in the time-honoured fashion.