Sin�ad grew up in Enniskerry and Shankill, and went to York University to study English, drama, television and film. She set up a theatre company after college, and worked at that for several years, before becoming a journalist. Sin�ad worked with several publications, including The Sun in London, and she moved back to Dublin in September 2005 to work as features editor of the Irish Sun. She left print journalism last year to co-present TV3's breakfast show, Ireland AM, and is currently in a relationship with Davie Ryan.

Sheila grew up in Killiney, and went to study business and tourism management at Swansea Institute of Higher Education. She began her career working at Aer Lingus, and has worked in Dell Computers for seven years, currently holding the position of team leader in the expert centre. Sheila lives in Bray, and recently got married to Oliver in October 2006.

Sin�ad on Sheila Sheila and I met on our first day in secondary school, when we were 13 years old, and I remember her looking very small in her Holy Child uniform. It was a very posh, rich school, and I remember feeling like a fish out of water. Sheila and I had very similar backgrounds, and we were two kindred souls straight away - we were always giggling and laughing.

Sheila and I were very sporty, and looking back, we were so boring and always on our best behaviour. Sheila really loved geography, and it continues to this day really, because she loves being outdoors and going hill-walking.

I've really fond memories of us cycling to Enniskerry to visit Knocksink Woods during the summer, and getting a 99 ice-cream on the way back. We were both scout leaders when we were younger, and it was great fun and we absolutely loved it. Sheila is a really giving, caring person, and she would always turn up faithfully every Thursday night for scouts, whereas I always rocked up when there was a great trip on.

We both went to college in the UK after school, but we were really far apart because I was in York and Sheila was in Swansea. We used to write to each other all of the time, and I kept the letters, and I'm really glad I did now. I stayed on in the UK and she went travelling after that, but we kept up the friendship, and it's great that we can spend lots of time together now. She married an amazing guy in Ollie, and Davie and I get on really well with them both. Sheila is one of the loveliest people I've ever met. She's so warm and fun-loving, and I think it's one of the nicest things in the world to have a friendship that started so long ago, and is still changing and growing. We've gone through so much in our lives together, and there have been so many similarities between us. I feel very lucky, because our friendship could have faded over the years, especially when we had such different lives, such as when I was in London working as a hard-nosed hack, and Sheila was back here working in Aer Lingus.

I'm really proud of Sheila because she's done brilliantly with her life, and manages huge teams of people. When I think I've done well, I let the whole world know, but she's so humble and never looks for praise or thanks. She's tough when she needs to be though, and has a real iron fist in a velvet glove, and will always stand up for people when necessary.

Sheila on Sin�ad Sin�ad and I became best friends immediately after we met, and I thought she was very friendly and full of energy. We were both very sporty and wanted to be the perfect students, so when the class was sent off on an hour's run, we were really serious about doing it properly - meanwhile the rest of our classmates were off buying sweets in the shop or checking out the Blackrock boys! And during our music lessons, Sin�ad and I sat right up beside the teacher in the front row, singing our hearts out as she played piano. Then the school put on a musical, and a list of people who were to audition was put up, but Sin�ad and I weren't on the list. We just thought we were automatically in, but then the teacher told us the sad news that we just didn't make it. We were put into the choir to mime, and it was then that we realised that we were absolutely crap singers.

We worked really hard, but we had a lot of fun as well, and we weren't always good. I remember we had a great idea one day that we'd bunk off school, and go to Sin�ad's house in Shankill. We thought we'd get a video and loads of sweets and have a lovely afternoon, but just as we got off the Dart, we were horrified to suddenly hear Sin�ad's mum's voice calling us. She marched us back to the house, and made us sit in separate rooms and study for the whole afternoon. So we never, ever bunked off again.

Sin�ad has amazing energy, and she always sees the good side of life - she's a great person to have around because she's always very positive and bubbly.

She's a brilliant friend, and is always very supportive to me and honest, and I really feel she's one in a million. We really missed each other when we lived in different countries, but we kept in touch the whole time by phone and letter, and spent loads of time together during the holidays.

I was thrilled when Sin�ad came back home, and when she got the job on Ireland AM, and I think she's fantastic on it. We can't go out on the town during the week any more, because she has to be in bed by nine, but we tend to go out for dinner and long walks - we're a lot more sophisticated these days. It's really funny being able to see her on television every morning, and I always have the programme switched on in the bedroom before I go to work. I'd have barely one eye open, and she's there on the screen, looking amazing.