Derval O’Rourke: ‘If my house was burning down, I’d grab my coffee machine and the kids and hope the dog follows’
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Derval O’Rourke: ‘If my house was burning down, I’d grab my coffee machine and the kids and hope the dog follows’

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Favourite places: I enjoy visiting places that I went in my 20s?as a professional athlete?and seeing them?now?through a different lens?as a woman in my 40s.?Recently,?I was?driving through Munich, Germany,?with my kids and was able to show?them a sports?stadium I had raced in 20 years?ago.?I travelled to Kenya in January and spent six days with the Irish embassy visiting projects in?Nairobi?and Western Kenya. I?loved Kenya – the country and the people felt?really special?to me. It feels like...