The name drops in the final part of our interview, when I have a better understanding of Buymie’s business after half an hour of an online video call with its co-founder and CEO Devan Hughes. He says the grocery home delivery platform already ranks first in Ireland for same-day service, and aims to be the largest of all e-commerce players in the country within five years. I ask him if he includes Amazon in this, and he says yes. Not only is the ubiquitous US giant not really active in Ireland – it is also pushing supermarket chains here and…

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