Brian McGann made the front page of the Limerick Leader when he opened for business in 1984. Below the picture of a wide-eyed, determined-looking young man, a single paragraph in bold type announced he had commenced practice as a chartered accountant. Over the next 26 years, he became extremely successful in a way the picture had hinted at, but then something changed inside him – not once, but twice. A new movie called Ghostbusters was opening at the Carlton cinema in the same week McGann featured on the front page of his hometown newspaper. Forty-two years later, McGann sits in…

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