Last week Oliver spoke to Jay Bobinac, a really impressive young man who shared his story of homelessness and the interventions that saved him from life on the streets. One of the people behind Jay's success is the co-founder of Tiglin, Aubrey McCarthy, and he joined Oliver on the line to talk about his important work.

Back in November Alison got in touch to tell Oliver about a box of around 300 letters that her late parents wrote to each other when they were young. At the time Alison was unsure whether or not she should read them and today she joined Oliver on the line to tell him what she discovered having finally made the decision to open the letters!

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

Yesterday Ryan spoke to Katrine who got in touch to thank a nurse named Karen in Temple Street whose kindness is something that has stayed with her for years. This morning Ryan spoke to Karen herself about her time with Katrine's family and the great work being done in Temple Street.

Joe Mooney has been part of the National Ambulance Service team testing people in the community for Covid over the last 9 months and he joined Ryan on the line to tell what life has been like on the front line. And Ryan dipped into Santa's Sack to help spread some Christmas cheer!

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

Last week Ryan spoke about his virtual visit to Crumlin Hospital to greet the families spending Christmas there and meet the wonderful staff who care for us when we need minding the most. Katrine got in touch to thank a nurse named Karen in Temple Street whose kindness is something that has stayed with her for years, after she stood by her and guided her through the heartbreaking loss of her daughter Sadhbh.

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

Ryan dipped into Santa's Sack once more to spread some cheer to Claire and her special sister Sharon, and Bernadette who got in touch to share a story of Christmas kindness!

On Christmas Day TG4 are showing a new documentary about one of Ireland’s greatest ever Hollywood Stars, Maureen O’Hara. It features people who knew her personally and one of those is author and actor Johnny Nicoletti. He joined Ryan on the line from LA to talk about the life of the legendary actor.