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It’s just after eight in the morning as I exit the taxi which has taken me from Charles de Gaulle airport to the Irish training camp at Versailles. As regularly happens, the cheerful, good-natured French taxi driver waves away my attempts…

When I arrive at the café that Denis O'Brien has selected for our meeting, he's is already there sipping on an espresso and doing the Independent’s crossword puzzle on his mobile. “Preventative! Tissue! Rhinoplasty!” he shouts down the…