Name: Michael O'Flaherty.

Title: Managing director, Noel Recruitment.

Education: St Patrick's Classical School, Navan and a brief sojourn in Athlone RTC.

Marital status: Married to Catherine.

Children: None.

Home: Swords, Co Dublin.

Most important life event: My wedding day.

Biggest business break: The MBO from the Noel Employment Group in Britain.

Biggest business mistake: There are no such things as mistakes, just experience.

Time of getting up: 6.45 a.m.

Time of finishing work: 6.00 p.m.6.30 p.m.

Favourite breakfast: Devilled kidneys served in bed.

Exercise: Football, golf and the occasional game of squash.

Holidays: Anywhere hot with no phones and a good book.

Favourite TV programme: Up until this week Apres Match on RTE.

Favourite radio programme: The Last Word, Today FM.

Car: Volvo T.4.

Commuting time: Anything from 40 minutes to an hour and a half to our new Santry office.

Favourite airline: Aer Lingus.

Worst thing about travel: If it is business, leaving, if it is personal, coming back.

Favourite bank: NIB regardless of the bad press.

Favourite tipple: Pint of Guinness.

Favourite pub: The Manor Inn, Swords. I have to say that or I won't get another drink from Paddy Cullen.

Favourite restaurant: Can't pick one as I've so many as friends and clients.

How do you spend your spare time: Golf and horse racing are favourites.

Person you most admire: Jose Maria Olazabal. His personal strength in recent years has been phenomenal.

Dying words: "Now are you sure you switched it off at the mains?".