This week Ryan spoke to Bee O’Grady a palliative care nurse, Declan Lawn one of the co-creators of BBC drama Blue Lights, Imogen Cotter pro cyclist and Deepti Kapoor author of Age of Vice.

Ryan asks how loneliness and isolation affects people. The US surgeon general's report on the rise of loneliness says that it needs to be treated with the same urgency as other serious conditions linking it to increased heart attacks, depression, diabetes, crime and premature death.

The stories and headlines that grabbed Ryan's attention.

Imogen Cotter is a pro-cyclist. She had a close brush with death last year. Undeterred she came back stronger than ever.

The stories and headlines that grabbed Ryan's attention.

Declan Lawn is the co-creator of the BBC drama series Blue Lights. It follows three probationary PSNI officers in Belfast.

The stories and headlines that grabbed Ryan's attention.

A number of years ago, an Irish nurse was headhunted to look after one of the most talked about sick children in the world. Bee O'Grady became the palliative nurse to Lorenzo Odone.

On this week, star of Women Talking Jessie Buckly, conductor David Brophy's latest collaboration Sing a Song of Docklands will be at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, See Her Elected is an initiative encouraging women to take part in local government, Posh Mackers tells the story of an unpredictable childhood, There’s Something I Have to Tell You and Michelle McDonagh’s page-turner set in rural Ireland.

Jessie Buckley is the star of Women Talking. Next Saturday sees a special screening of the film with Jessie at the Stella cinema in aid of the Matt Talbot Community Trust. See mtct.ie/donate-now/