Normal service resumes on the RTE Late Late show this week after last Friday night's Late Late Toy Show went down a treat with viewers.
In a week when she hit the headlines, leader of the opposition and president of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald joins Ryan in studio to discuss the party's performance in the polls, what a united Ireland might look like and her reaction to Shane Ross's biography about her.
Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw created history by guiding the national team to its first ever appearance at a World Cup final in Australia/New Zealand next summer and she too will join Ryan to talk about life since that big night in Scotland and how she is feeling about 2023.
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