Thomas Drumm is a dairy farmer in Collinstown, Co Westmeath. Yevhen Viter is a Ukrainian software engineer from Zaporizhzhia. On the surface, they were unlikely to ever work together, let alone see their collaboration disrupted by a brutal war. Yet this is exactly what happened. Their story illustrates how the global thirst for technology – down to every blade of grass on Irish farms – combined with the rise of remote working and the skills of Ukrainian engineers has brought the country closer to the West than ever; and the choices you face when your life and your business find…

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