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Special star Ryan O'Connell has weighed into the debate around whether straight actors should play gay characters – and he didn't hold back.

Special is back – and as the comedy’s creator, Ryan O’Connell, promised, it’s ‘gayer and gimpier’

Light at the end of the tunnel for East Cork songwriter  Written at the outset of the first lockdown, East Cork singer-songwriter Julia-Maria’s new single Morning Light points to the change of pace that many of us experienced over the Covid crisis’ quieter moments. Mike McGrath-Bryan finds out more. Julianne Quirke, who performs as Julia-Maria. Picture: Niamh Barry As things start to shift toward something resembling normal, or functioning at least, post-Covid, its easy to look back at t...

Ryan OConnell, a fifth grade teacher at Northeast Academy Arts Magnet School, is Grotons Teacher of the Year.

  Genius: Aretha Not everyone was delighted when a Brit was cast as American icon Aretha Franklin, but Cynthia Erivo, from South London, is terrific as the legendary singer and musician, as is Courtney B. Vance, who plays her father, a boozy, womaniser despite being a preacher. This eight-part drama traces Franklin’s stellar career and begins with her in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in 1967, recording her first album for Atlantic Records after six unsuccessful years with Columbia.  Courtney B. V...

Nicole Lynn Evans knew breaking into Hollywood wouldnt be easy, but she never doubted she could do it. Now, she hopes to inspire other people with disabilities never to question their potential.

Award-winning actor, writer and producer Ryan O'Connell is on a mission to portray authentic disabled experiences on the TV screen in his Netflix series "Special."

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | “Chopped: Next Gen” premieres on Discovery Plus.

Last modified on Tue 25 May 2021 08.43 EDT The frank, fizzy comedy Special, which has just landed on Netflix, is a tale of two Ryans. There is Ryan Hayes, the main character, a gay intern with cerebral palsy who lives in Los Angeles with his mollycoddling mother. Then there is Ryan O’Connell, the show’s star and creator, who is also a gay Angelino with cerebral palsy. But there the similarities end. Moments from O’Connell’s life resurface on screen, such as the time he was h...

Special creator Ryan O'Connell offers an update on his new project with Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons - Accessible - which he says will be "history-making".