When Kieran Fitzpatrick and Maurice Curran, the founders of Irish fintech Barracuda FX, were shortlisted for EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014, they were asked about setting up a business in a recession. “You’ve got to do your own thing, believe in your own convictions, your own instinct. That’s very critical because there are always people out there who’ll tell you otherwise,” Curran said.  And in their case it was true, commitment and self-belief would reap handsome rewards. Founded in 2008 as the economy tanked, a decade later Barracuda FX was providing foreign exchange software and risk management solutions…

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