Ryan spoke to Siobhan yesterday morning while she was en route to the hospital to have her baby! Baby Harry was welcomed into the world at 2pm on the dot yesterday, weighing in at a healthy 8lb half oz...
The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon has become one of the latest stars to win Celebrity Mastermind, beating off journalist Jon Sopel to claim the prize. Ryan spoke to Neil about his win and his specialist subject which was US TV sitcom, Frasier. Neil appeared on the programme in aid of the Alzheimer's Society which is a charity close to his heart as his dad Bishop Brian Hannon was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a few years ago.
Ryan spoke to comedian Steve Cummins about the added benefits of him having taken care of his boys since his wife finished maternity leave. He has written a book called 'Where Do Daddies Come From? A Pregnancy Guide For Men' which is a seriously funny take on pregnancy and childbirth - from the male perspective!
Chris called in to tell Ryan he fainted in the labour room when his wife was giving birth to their second child. The wife and nurse just left him there to come around on his own between the bed and the bed side press.
Deirdre got in touch with the show on the back of the news in the papers today that former Ready Steady Cook chef Antony Worrall Thompson was caught shoplifting last Friday in an Oxford Tesco. As a shop owner herself, Deirdre says there's no excuse for shoplifting - it's stealing, plain and simple! Enough of this 'cry-for-help' malarkey! Deirdre has a small shop in Arklow that sells ladies clothes and communion dresses. She says she has to pay her taxes and pay her staff. They have security cameras and security tags and have prosecuted shoplifters who walked out of the shop with stolen items - once a whole black sack full of brand new clothes and another time, Debs dresses were stolen too.
Ryan spoke to Kate Quinn, 25-year-old woman trapped in the body of a 12-year-old. Kate is appealing to medics to help cure her rare condition. Kate is believed to be the only woman in Ireland to have Caudal Regression Syndrome (CRS). The rare disorder, which she discovered she had two years ago, means she has never been through puberty, had regular periods or had to buy a bra. Kate told Ryan that because of her condition, she is much smaller and underdeveloped than a woman of her age.
Back to the pregnancy stories, Sara got in touch to say that when she was in hospital getting ready to have her youngest boy by c-section, her husband walked into the waiting room full of 9 month pregnant women and stuck out his hand in front of her to complain loudly that he had a splinter in his finger! Let's just say the 'looks' were enough to make him walk straight back out - God knows how he made it out of that room alive!
In 1990 Barry had a Del Boy moment in the maternity ward - his wife had just given birth to their son - and the nurse came in with a cup of tea - so Barry took the cup and said 'that's lovely thanks, could you get one for the missus too please!?' Honestly, Barry says he didn't mean to be so brazen - he was still in shock and had no idea what he was doing!
When Fiona was having her baby 2 years ago, her partner had to be kicked out of the maternity ward - twice! He had her in stitches laughing and her muscles kept contracting, making the mid-wives believe she was in labour. Whenever they left the room, he was playing with all the instruments - putting them on his head and down his trousers and up his jumper and all sorts of nonsense. He's a right messer and Fiona could have killed him but at least she was at ease!