One Life

Name: Patrick Ronaldson. Title: Director and joint owner of Rothco Marketing Communications Agency.

Name: Patrick Ronaldson.Title: Director and joint owner of Rothco Marketing Communications Agency.

Marital status: Married to Nicola.

Children: Joe (seven), Anna (four) and Louis (one).

School: St Mary's College, Rathmines.

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University: UCD (BA in economics, politics, windsurfing and free beer promotions).

Home: Sandymount.

Most important life event: Arrival of the three children. Everything changes.

Biggest business break: Rothco's first contract. Thank you Coca-Cola Ireland.

Biggest business mistake: Giving the alarm company my home phone number.

Time of getting up: 6.45 a.m. (Time of waking up: 11.30 a.m.ish).

Favourite breakfast: A Parknasilla Hotel fry.

Exercise: Soccer, yoga, golf (not enough).

Holiday: Family skiing trip (with or without the family).

Favourite TV programme: Any live sport (recent highlight had to be women's curling final in Salt Lake City last month).

Favourite radio programme: Sunday Supplement on Today FM with Sam Smyth.

Car: Range Rover (vital for my commute, see below).

Commuting time: 15 minutes (including dropping Joe to school).

Favourite airline: That's a bit like asking me what's my favourite form of torture.

Worst thing about travelling: Getting there.

Favourite bank: La Rive Gauche.

Favourite tipple: Champagne (what's seldom is wonderful).

Favourite pub: The Whiskey Blue, 541 Lexington Ave, New York.

Favourite restaurant: Hard to beat Captain Americas with the kids on a Sunday afternoon.

How do you spend your spare time? Asleep.

Person you most admire: Very difficult to choose between my two partners, Patrick Hickey and Paul Hughes. Particularly because I have not yet met the Dali Lama.

Dying words: OK girls, let's try that one more time, shall we!