The music producer for the Late Late Show TV programme said Sinead O’Connor ‘always nailed it, we were never let down by her’.

The stations that took part were Cork's 96FM and C103FM, Limerick's Live95, Dublin’s FM104, Q102 and LMFM in Louth Meath.

The presenter thanked her mum for her ‘fantastic life’

Ireland owes Austin Currie ‘a great debt’ for his persistence in pursuing peace, the Taoiseach told the Dáil