Award winning actor Brían F. O'Byrne has starred in 'Doubt' 'Love/ Hate' and 'Little Boy Blue' to name but a few, and he joined Ryan on the line from the West of Ireland to talk about his latest film 'My New York Year'.

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.

In 2011 Hannah Roddy, aged eight, performed on the Toy Show singing 'Johnny Got a Boom Boom' while dressed as Imelda May. This morning Hannah joined Ryan for a catch-up to fill him in on how she ended up singing backing vocals on Imelda's new track ' Made in Love'.

Last night Josephine O’Neill and the Cahir Women’s History Group took to the streets to put up plaques that commemorate woman from the town who contributed to life in Cahir over the centuries. She joined Ryan on the line to tell him about some of these fascinating women as the world celebrates International Women’s Day.

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.

This week Ryan spoke to broadcaster Sinéad Ní Uallacháin on the new TG4 documentary about Peig Sayers; Stephen Murphy on online conspiracies; Author Roisin Kiberd on life with technology; And Stacey Soloman on her new book 'Tap to Tidy'.

We've teamed up with Electric Ireland this week to mark the rollout of Smart Meters, which are going to change everything about the way you use electricity. To celebrate we have €1,000 worth of smart devices to give away every day this week. Ann joined Ryan on the line for the chance to win!

Emily Gaines is fifteen and a winner of last year's UCD Irish Young Philosopher Award. She joined Ryan on the line, alongside her teacher Susan Andrews, to talk about the importance of teaching philosophy in schools and why people need to get thinking about 'thunks'.

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.

We've teamed up with Electric Ireland this week to mark the rollout of Smart Meters, which are going to change everything about the way you use electricity. To celebrate we have €1,000 worth of smart devices to give away every day this week. Eoin joined Ryan on the line for the chance to win!