Castleknock-born Daragh McCarthy had a yearning for travel in the years after graduating from Waterford Institute of Technology and UCD. It took him to the southern hemisphere, including a three year stint working in New Zealand.
When he arrived back in Dublin in 2018, he encountered a challenging rental market and decided to take his chances somewhere else in Europe. Barcelona, which he had visited briefly, seemed an attractive choice and he secured a position in Google, later moving to Gartner, before joining his current employer, Benevity, a software firm that facilitates companies and their employees in donating to and volunteering for non-profits.
McCarthy has found Barcelona a welcoming city and feels at home ther
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