"Flying" performed by M.N.A and written by Ronan McCormack

M.N.A are 3 talented, young Irish women. Jenny Bowden and Shauna Buckingham are both from Dublin's South-side, while Shauna Kavanagh hails from Derry City. Vocally powerful, their sound is pop with a rock edge.

22-year old Jenny has been singing and dancing all her life. She started Irish dancing at age 4 and went on to train in Tap and Modern at the Billie Barry Stage School. She played Nikki Bailey on "Fair City", has toured the USA with Tony Kenny and appeared as a backing dancer on both 2006 & 2007 seasons of "You're a Star". She has performed in pantomime at both Gaiety and Olympia theatres and most recently with June Rogers at the Red Cow Christmas Cabaret.

At 16 years of age, Shauna B. is the youngest member of M.N.A. A versatile performer, she has trained for the past 5 years with the Adele King Theatre School and is currently studying voice and theory at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. A champion Irish dancer, she has also appeared in several pantomimes at Dublin's Olympia Theatre. In 2008, she made it through to the boot-camp stage of "X-Factor" on ITV, with all 4 judges saying yes!

Born into a musical family, 20 year-old Shauna K. demonstrated an early interest in the performing arts. No stranger to the limelight, she has held the post of Junior Mayor of Derry City. Passionate about Irish dancing, she has placed second at the World Championships and has won both the North American and British National titles and in 2008 she toured Germany, Austria and Denmark with the stage production "Magic of the Dance".

Ronan McCormack could be considered a Eurovision veteran. In 1988 he was a Eurosong finalist with his Irish language entry, "Tar Liom Anois" and in 1994 he appeared as part of the original "Riverdance" troupe for the Eurovision Song contest in Dublin. Having graduated from the Waterford Institute of Technology with a B.A. Music degree, majoring in composition, he set off on tour with "Riverdance -The Show". Not only did he dance with the show, he also played keyboards with the band. Also trained in tap and modern dance, Ronan has appeared regularly on television in Ireland and abroad, most recently he has featured as one of the professional dance partners in RTE's "Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels".

The song "Flying" is an up-beat pop song with a rock edge. An anthem of independence, it has nothing to do with air travel, though Ronan was in an airport when he got the idea for the song!