Orla Walsh now lights up the cycling track - after ditching her smoking habit to chase her late-formed bike dreams.
Walsh lived a party lifestyle into her mid-20s but all that changed when, on the suggestion of her dad, she took up riding as a handy commute to DIT after starting a master's degree in 2015.
She joined Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club the following year and now, at the age of 33, has nine national titles to her name and is competing in the UCI World Championships this week.
