It has probably taught us three things – how resilient people are, how small the world is and how small and interdependent the construction sector in Ireland is – for example our reliance on other nations and the importing of materials.

We asked Joe McCaffrey, co-founder and Managing Director of Duke McCaffrey, what it’s like to run a business during one of the most disruptive times we’ve had since the global financial crash and Irish recession, and what’s next for Duke McCaffrey?

Ireland’s construction industry is teetering on the precipice of an economic crisis after finding itself at the blunt end of an unprecedented global hike in the cost of building materials and Brexit, a senior figure from the sector has warned.