Dearth of engineers won't hold Malone Group back

It’s been a good few years for Stephen Malone of the Malone Group - so much so that the only cloud on his horizon is a shortage of experienced Irish workers

Stephen Malone Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Stephen Malone

Role: founder and chief executive of Malone Group

Age:48

Lives: Meath

Family: married with two children

If you want to get a sense of what’s going on in the real Irish economy, ignore the flashy buildings of Silicon Docks or across the river in the IFSC. Instead, head out to any of the monstrous business parks that dot the outskirts of Dublin.

There, you won’t find firms whose names are ...