The Ray D'Arcy Show

Sharon Shannon chats to Ray about her recently-deceased father, her plans for the future and plays a couple of songs with her band live in studio.

Rónán Hession, author of 2021's most-borrowed library book ('Leonard and Hungry Paul'), joins Ray for a chat.

Pauline McLynn, currently starring in an adaptation of Graham Norton's book, 'Holding' drops in to talk to Ray.

On today's show, Rónán Hession, author of 2021's most-borrowed library book ('Leonard and Hungry Paul'), joins Ray for a chat. Sharon Shannon and her band also play live in the studio and Pauline McLynn, currently starring in an adaptation of Graham Norton's book, 'Holding' drops in to talk to Ray.

Jessica Mason, co-founder of West Cork Sudbury School talks to Ray about a school with no homework, no uniforms, no classes, no segregation by age and no teachers.

On today's show, Ray speaks to Jessica Mason, co-founder of West Cork Sudbury School - "the school without teachers". Peter Duffy tells Ray about being offered a free trip to 3 continents in 7 days by strangers. And home-improver Dermot Bannon drops in to talk about the latest series of 'Room To Improve'.

Peter Duffy was the subject of a video by YouTube channel Yes Theory who knocked on people’s doors around Dublin offering them a trip to three different continents in seven days. The condition was that they have to leave in two days. They happened to knock on Peter’s door, who went straight to the passport office to get an emergency passport.

Dermot Bannon joins Ray to chat about the latest series of Room To Improve, the challenges that the pandemic brought for the show and how it has changed people's lifestyles.

Rachael Diyaolu has reached the border of Ukraine after fleeing for her life from Sumi. Rachael, who is from Carlow, only went out to the Ukrainian city in November to study medicine, and when war broke out was trapped.

Liam O’Connor, Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) which houses the largest collection of Irish Traditional music, song and dance in the world chats with Ray alongside Musician Louise Mulcahy who performs live in the studio.