Sunday Interview: Darach McQuaid

Darach McQuaid, has plans to make the most of the start of the Giro d'Italia in Ireland next year, writes Barry J Whyte.

Darach McQuaid

Darach McQuaid CV

**Age:** 43

**Lives:** Rathgar, with Paola

**Cars:** I used to have three cars; then I had two; then I had none (replaced by bikes, naturally)'

**Hobbies:** Travel and wine.

**Favourite book:** Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco

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De Valera would be delighted with you,'' I tell Darach McQuaid.

His response is a quizzical tilt of the head.

''De Valera,'' I try to clarify. ''He envisaged a country with the bike ...