Mairead Ronan is her son's role model

Mairead Ronan’s son is sports mad and that’s fine by his health conscious mum says Arlene Harris

If Mairead Ronan (formerly Farrell) was to give advice to single mums it would be - try living close to family as they will always be your best support network.

Mairead, who got married to Louis Ronan earlier this year, said she always had plenty of support from her son’s father and her wider family and this made all the difference as she tried to juggle her demanding radio and tv work with rearing her beloved 10-year-old son, Dara.