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

Last December, at the age of 7, Saoírse Ruane was diagnosed with a rare Osteosarcoma tumour in her tibia. Saoírse's mother Roseanna spoke to Ryan about what has been a difficult few months for their family and why they are raising money for the prosthetics Saoírse needs after undergoing life changing surgery for an amputation to her right leg.

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

This week Ryan spoke to Sharon O'Halloran from Safe Ireland and Alan Quinn from Le Chéile Mentoring about the issue of domestic abuse; Peter Swanson on crafting a murder mystery; Seán Sheridan on lockdown life in South Africa; Fashion icon Twiggy on her new podcast; And best-selling author David Walliams on his new book 'Slime'.

With over 37 million books sold internationally, David Walliams is the UK’s biggest selling author. His ability to draw children in, make them laugh and want to read more is priceless. He joined Ryan on the line to talk about his new book 'Slime' and to answer lots of questions from some of our younger listeners!

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

Fashion icon Twiggy spoke to Ryan about her extraordinary career as a model, actress and singer, life in lockdown and her new podcast 'Tea with Twiggy'.

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

We’ve been contacted by so many listeners since Ryan's conversation with Sharon O’Halloran from Safe Ireland on Monday. This morning Ryan spoke to Alan Quinn who works with Le Chéile Mentoring to shine a light on the issue of 'child to parent violence'.

Over the past few weeks we’ve heard from Irish people all over the world who are living under lockdown in different countries. This morning Seán Sheridan joined Ryan on the line from South Africa to paint a picture of what life under lockdown looks like there.