Some 37 years ago, John Nugent swapped his home for London. He had just graduated from a hotel and catering course at the Dublin Institute of Technology on Cathal Brugha Street, and he recalls how his class were “in a tiny way, sought after”. “The big hotels in London would come to Dublin every year to try and land-grab and get graduates to come and work for them because we were seen as good, grounded hospitality students,” Nugent recalls of his class from 1989. “That’s how it happened really, you turn up to college one day and there’s these four…

Want to continue reading?

Get unlimited access to The Currency and The Wall Street Journal with an annual membership – and receive a free, signed copy of Vincent Browne’s new book, Charles Haughey: Glory, Greed and Guns, delivered straight to your door.

Subscribe

Cancel at any time.

Are you already a member? .