An Post Rás: No place like home for ageless Eugene Moriarty

At 42, Eugene Moriarty could surely think of more enjoyable ways to spend a week’s holidays than haring around the country’s highways and byways in the An Post Rás.

The Listowel man will pin on race numbers for the 19th time this weekend when the race rolls out of Dublin Castle and concludes eight days later in Skerries.

Working in the Netherlands, the former Irish international only gets home a couple of times a year. Christmas and weddings can be hit or miss but the last week in May is booked off six months in advance.