2008 was the year of the crippling recession in Ireland. Everyone was looking to develop business wherever they could. It was originally the idea of Frank Keane, a partner with EisnerAmper, to be proactive and send a delegation to the US to promote Ireland as a place to do business. Adie McGennis and Sigmar Recruitment came on board, and McGennis got Matt Mohan, owner of the fit-out experts and facilities management company FKM and his brother Paul McGennis to join, and the first Ireland Gateway to Europe delegation landed in Boston in the spring of 2013. The founders had four…