‘This is what I do now, this is my baby’: Keith Earls on opening new coffee shop and retiring from rugby

Since he retired from rugby, the former Munster, Ireland and Lions winger said he has had a tough few years – and adjusting to a new routine took some time

Keith Earls at the newly opened Eleven Fourteen Coffee, at Limerick's Annacotty Business Park. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

When some customers walk into a roastery in Limerick, they are often surprised to be welcomed by Keith Earls.

“I get people up here saying, ‘What the hell are you doing working behind the coffee bar?’ “I don’t mind what people think of me. I think a lot of people are surprised that I’m serving coffee to them in my coffee shop, or I’m delivering my coffee and my roast.