I remember turning to my wife and saying, I think I’ve climbed the wrong ladder here

Martin McGeough, the founder of Sligo orthotics company Firefly, is calmly navigating his way through choppy Brexit waters and enjoying the slow life in Yeats country

Martin McGeough Pic: James Connolly

CV: Martin McGeough

Role: chief executive, Firefly Orthoses

Age: 51

Lives: Leitrim

Family: married to Jill with three children, aged 23, 21 and 17

Hobbies: river rock pooling; year-round lake and sea plunges; a lifestyle built around health and fitness

Favourite movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Last book read: The End of Alzheimer’s by Dale Bredesen

In a top-floor room with a curved wall of windows overlooking the Garavogue river, Martin ...