Irish fashion designer eyes up British expansion

Talented Niamh O’Neill to enter market within 18 months

Niamh ONeill: the Irish designer is set to enter the British fashion market Picture: Fergal Phillips

Designer Niamh O’Neill is set to enter the British fashion market as part of a joint initiative with Enterprise Ireland.

O’Neill is also expanding her ready-to-wear fashion business to include a new online store and a bespoke cashmere collection developed in Florence, Italy.

“My ambition was always to set up on my own and to grow my fashion business,” said O’Neill, who won the Fashion Innovation Awards’ Fashion Designer of the Year accolade ...