Ryan: Over the years I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of sitting close to some of the greatest Irish musicians of our generation. Thanks to my happy years on The Late Late Show I got to chat with legends like Christy Moore, below, Moya Brennan, Dolores O’Riordan, below right, Christy Dignam, Sinéad O’Connor and many more from different genres and various countries. Ryan Tubridy and Russell Crowe. Pic: RTÉThis all brings me to (and forgive the name drop) a lively dinner in London earlier this year with Russell Crowe and some of his friends. We had met on the Late Late and became friends after a few nights of post-showsocialising.