Louis Walsh manager of Irish boy band Boyzone.

Louis reflects on the challenges he faced setting up Boyzone. Persuading a record company that with the right backing an Irish pop group could be a success. He says he just happened to find the right five guys for the band and then got Polygram Records behind them. It is a lot of hard work for the five young men with little time off.

I was looking for guys that wanted to be pop stars.

Louis Walsh is currently putting together his next boy band, 'Over The Top'.

This episode of The Gerry Ryan Tonight Show was broadcast on 21 February 1996. The presenter is Gerry Ryan.