“I always have to check my car hasn’t been punked before I get into it,” says Irish rugby legend Jamie Heaslip, when we meet in Sandymount to take his Range Rover Sport PHEV out for a spin around his favourite hotspots in Dublin 4.
Jamie Heaslip: “It’s really funny to watch people jump when the car engine starts when there’s no one in it.” Photograph: Rob O’Connor This is why he’s joined the corporate tech world full time since last December, a culture he finds fascinating and fast-paced: “It’s weird working 9 to 5, Monday to Friday in such a corporate environment but I’m learning so much – I thought I was pretty tech savvy but the last few months have been a massive eye opener.”
We’re nipping out to the Pigeon House Pier, so Heaslip can see if the sea is calm enough to jump in for a swim later, a pursuit he swears by, “I got into it through rugby training as a way to speed up muscle recovery but it does so much more than that, not just for my body but for my mind.
Jamie Heaslip: “I reckon in 10 years we will all be looking for car chargers like the way we do phone chargers now.” Journalist Liz Dwyer and Jamie Heaslip set off for a whistle-stop tour of Heaslip’s hunting grounds. Photograph: Rob O’Connor
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