Brendan Courtney on how to find the ideal outdoor furniture for an Irish climate

Brendan Courtney is receiving guests in his roof garden on Usher’s Quay in Dublin. It’s idyllic. The sun is shining, there’s barely a breath of wind, and the river view is transcendent. “It’s never like this,” he says. “It’s usually a wind tunnel.” But today is the launch of the Brendan Courtney Home and Garden Collection with EZ Living Interiors and the furniture gods are smiling.