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Una Healy to step in for Muireann O’Connell on Ireland AM this week

Una Healy will be standing in on presenting duties for Ireland AM taking over for long-standing host Muireann O’Connell.

The singer and social media personality has in the past made regular appearances on Virgin Media having appeared on The Six O’Clock Show.

The Saturdays star will be joining Tommy Bowe and Alan Hughes on the morning programme as a guest presenter for the day on Thursday.

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Virgin Media released a statement confirming that Muireann will be missing from the show tomorrow morning adding that Katie Price’s mom Amy would be joining the presenters on the couch to chat about her new book.

Alongside this, the star will also be chatting with guests about fashion, cookery, foraging and upcoming films.

In the statement, a spokesperson for Virgin Media said: “Una Healy will be guest-presenting Ireland AM on Thursday, July 13.

“The former member of The Saturdays will join Tommy Bowe and Alan Hughes for the daily morning show on Virgin Media One.

“Among the line-up for Thursday morning, the Tipperary native will be interviewing Amy Price – mother of Katie – about her new book The Last Word.

“She will also be chatting to guests about fashion on the catwalk, cookery in the kitchen, foraging, and a preview of the movies hitting the big screen!

“Watch Ireland AM from 7am-10am Monday-Friday and 9am-12pm weekends on Virgin Media One.”

Muireann O'Connell (Conor McCabe Photography)

The Tipperary native also just returned from a trip to the UK with her kids. She previously told RSVP about returning to her home county: “It was tough for them at the beginning because it was so up and down.

“They are speaking Irish and they play hurling. Tadhg brings his hurley to school every day and he told me yesterday that hurling was his favourite sport.

“Aoife’s accent is 90 per cent Irish now, it was full-on posh English when we first moved here. Tadhg still has an English accent, he has an English accent playing hurling. It is so cute.”

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