A brother of radio and TV presenter John Daly, the family grew up in Westacres, Craigavon, and after many years working in Ireland, Europe, America and various places in between, Jim has returned to his roots, now living in Drumgor Park.

Trying to take his CV is a bit difficult - he happily admits to a string of jobs down the line, all of which he got fired from before finally settling down to start his own business here in outdoor laser games.

With a flair for the arts, Jim used to do a lot of singing and acting for the Ulster Youth Theatre and the National Youth Theatre, taking a role in the production of 'West SIde Story' alongside James Nesbitt in 1986 at the Royal Opera House. "I thought about taking my acting further," said Jim, "but I tried to be sensible and went to university instead to do economics and accounting at Queen's."

He didn't warm to it though and soon headed off to work in a hotel in Dublin. Jim's wanderlust then took him to Spain to work for the religious group Opus Dei at their world headquarters in Spain. "I got sacked from there for hiding a big chest of whips that I found," said Jim, probably only half joking.

He also worked in Belfast on the history of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 and later became an SDLP councillor at Craigavon Council for two years in 1988.

"I was the one that first proposed doing something about providing a local site for Travellers," he said. "At that time there were about 60 or 70 caravans and there were environmental health issues. I was shot down as nobody wanted it but I was only trying to find a solution to the problem."

A job in Kuwait selling construction equipment just after the first Gulf War introduced him to the 'brown' sunsets of the badly polluted atmosphere and he also found time to teach himself Arabic.

Back in London he took a job selling computer software and stood for the Liberal Democrat party in the London borough of Sutton. "I went from being in a big minority at Craigavon Council to being in a council where 47 out of the 57 councillors were Lib Dems," he said, adding: "We were the only borough to go against Thatcher you know."

Other jobs hovered in the background but finally Jim came back to Craigavon when his father was ill in 2003 and settled down to form his own business 'Try Skirmishing', organising outdoor laser games (paintballing without the pain!).

Outside of work, Jim's life has been equally eventful. A few years ago he appeared on 'The Weakest Link' and won £14,000. "I thought Anne Robinson was cute and I only won the show because the others weren't that smart," he laughed.

Just recently he took up singing again when asked to join the chorus of Clann Eireann Youth Club's 'Songs From The Shows' which will be repeated again at a social evening for senior citizens coming up to Christmas.

The above are just some of the exploits Jim admitted to.