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Gay Byrne RIP

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  • #542
    KWAG2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭KWAG2019


    Guests who will be joining Ryan tonight to pay tribute to Gay Byrne include President Michael D Higgins, Mary McAleese,
    Bob Geldof, Pat Kenny, Joe Duffy, Mike Murphy, Andrea Corr, Sharon Shannon, John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Nell McCafferty, John McColgan, Tommy Tiernan, (1/2)
    Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Rosaleen Linehan
    Eamon Dunphy, Twink, Fr Brian D'arcy, Paddy Maloney,
    Donal Lunny, Nell McCafferty, Michael Carruth, Moya Doherty, RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes, Vincent Browne, Mary Black, Frank McNamara and Aonghus McAnally.

    Brace Brace Brace


  • #543
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,168 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    KWAG2019 wrote: »
    Guests who will be joining Ryan tonight to pay tribute to Gay Byrne include President Michael D Higgins, Mary McAleese,
    Bob Geldof, Pat Kenny, Joe Duffy, Mike Murphy, Andrea Corr, Sharon Shannon, John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Nell McCafferty, John McColgan, Tommy Tiernan, (1/2)
    Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Rosaleen Linehan
    Eamon Dunphy, Twink, Fr Brian D'arcy, Paddy Maloney,
    Donal Lunny, Nell McCafferty, Michael Carruth, Moya Doherty, RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes, Vincent Browne, Mary Black, Frank McNamara and Aonghus McAnally.

    Brace Brace Brace

    Usual crowd of sycophants hypocrites and scoundrels so


  • #544
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,168 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    That father Brian Darcy dude

    What’s the story there?

    Seems OBSESSED with RTÉ (and showband) ppl


  • #545
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,342 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Brian Darcy is the chaplain of RTE


  • #546
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,168 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    KWAG2019 wrote: »
    Guests who will be joining Ryan tonight to pay tribute to Gay Byrne include President Michael D Higgins, Mary McAleese,
    Bob Geldof, Pat Kenny, Joe Duffy, Mike Murphy, Andrea Corr, Sharon Shannon, John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Nell McCafferty, John McColgan, Tommy Tiernan, (1/2)
    Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Rosaleen Linehan
    Eamon Dunphy, Twink, Fr Brian D'arcy, Paddy Maloney,
    Donal Lunny, Nell McCafferty, Michael Carruth, Moya Doherty, RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes, Vincent Browne, Mary Black, Frank McNamara and Aonghus McAnally.

    Brace Brace Brace

    No bono or van the man????


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  • #547
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Joe Duffy was wallowing in it on the Pat Kenny show this morning. Mentioning that Gay said he can now know what it is like to be in pain.


  • #548
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,168 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    branie2 wrote: »
    Brian Darcy is the chaplain of RTE

    Seems very strangely obsessed with the limelight.


  • #549
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I have so much episodes to watch.

    On a personal note, I remember watching the soapbox episode on homosexuality in, I think 1989? With my parents.

    I was 16 then, and as a gay teenager at that time it meant a lot to me. It was the first time I saw this topic on TV.

    I thank Gaybo for that one.

    RIP


  • #550
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    RTE are to broadcast live coverage of Gaybo`s funeral on Friday. I can`t ever remember them doing this previously for someone other than a former Taoiseach or President.


  • #551
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    No bono or van the man????
    Van is not the best man in social gatherings!


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  • #552
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,168 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Van is not the best man in social gatherings!

    My point being no international celebs on the list? Unless you shoehorn geldof into that category.

    Bono is proper A List
    Van is Pushing B list


  • #553
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    KWAG2019 wrote: »
    Guests who will be joining Ryan tonight to pay tribute to Gay Byrne include President Michael D Higgins, Mary McAleese,
    Bob Geldof, Pat Kenny, Joe Duffy, Mike Murphy, Andrea Corr, Sharon Shannon, John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Nell McCafferty, John McColgan, Tommy Tiernan, (1/2)
    Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Rosaleen Linehan
    Eamon Dunphy, Twink, Fr Brian D'arcy, Paddy Maloney,
    Donal Lunny, Nell McCafferty, Michael Carruth, Moya Doherty, RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes, Vincent Browne, Mary Black, Frank McNamara and Aonghus McAnally.

    Brace Brace Brace

    Extra supplies being ordered in to keep a few of these in liquor.
    No sign of Sinead O Connor, probably afraid what she'd come out with


  • #554
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,462 ✭✭✭blinding


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    RTE are to broadcast live coverage of Gaybo`s funeral on Friday. I can`t ever remember them doing this previously for someone other than a former Taoiseach or President.
    RTE Royalty . Get on yer’e Knees .


  • #555
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,168 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    You are all forgetting

    G Ryan’s funeral

    Broadcast live and in full on tv and radio.


  • #556
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    My point being no international celebs on the list? Unless you shoehorn geldof into that category.

    Bono is proper A List
    Van is Pushing B list

    Bono is in New Zealand, I read here earlier


  • #557
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    Brendan Grace’s funeral was broadcast live too.


  • #558
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,168 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Ordinary ppl don’t realise.

    RTÉ have a hierarchy.

    Anyone who ever worked there is ranked superior to the rest of us

    And Gaybo was the king of them all


  • #559
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,739 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Edgware wrote: »
    Extra supplies being ordered in to keep a few of these in liquor.
    No sign of Sinead O Connor, probably afraid what she'd come out with

    Oh God... can you imagine?

    The stuff she said about Prince after he died were horrendous. She wasn't long apologising to him after Arsenio Hall got his lawyers involved.

    If she said something nasty about Gay Byrne...oh boy... she would NOT be allowed anywhere in the media.
    Not a hope.


  • #560
    Lefty Bicek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭Lefty Bicek


    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Oh God... can you imagine?

    The stuff she said about Prince after he died were horrendous. She wasn't long apologising to him after Arsenio Hall got his lawyers involved.

    If she said something nasty about Gay Byrne...oh boy... she would NOT be allowed anywhere in the media.
    Not a hope.

    Get her on, quick.


  • #561
    ShamNNspace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Ordinary ppl don’t realise.

    RTÉ have a hierarchy.

    Anyone who ever worked there is ranked superior to the rest of us

    And Gaybo was the king of them all
    And the Duffster is his rightful heir (in his own head)


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  • #562
    tylercheribini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,016 ✭✭✭tylercheribini


    Lefty Bicek wrote: »
    Get her on, quick.

    At least it would be off the cuff and not rehearsed to death ala Joe Duffy.


  • #563
    Invisibleman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭Invisibleman


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    You are all forgetting

    G Ryan’s funeral

    Broadcast live and in full on tv and radio.

    What a mistake that was, a known drug addict.


  • #564
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    No Jim Corr.


  • #565
    Invisibleman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭Invisibleman


    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Oh God... can you imagine?

    The stuff she said about Prince after he died were horrendous. She wasn't long apologising to him after Arsenio Hall got his lawyers involved.

    If she said something nasty about Gay Byrne...oh boy... she would NOT be allowed anywhere in the media.
    Not a hope.

    How could she apologise to him after he died ?


  • #566
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,462 ✭✭✭blinding


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    You are all forgetting

    G Ryan’s funeral

    Broadcast live and in full on tv and radio.
    For a Coke Head .


  • #567
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,739 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Lefty Bicek wrote: »
    Get her on, quick.

    :D:D:D:D
    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Ordinary ppl don’t realise.

    RTÉ have a hierarchy.

    Anyone who ever worked there is ranked superior to the rest of us

    And Gaybo was the king of them all

    Well, Gaybo managed to conquer Irish radio AND television. Not trying to be a jerk, but he got serious high listenership, and high viewership on both mediums. (In comparison to other presenters, who either succeeded at radio, or tv, but never the twain. Gerry Ryan could never seem to gain traction on TV).

    When he retired, suddenly the license fee 'wasn't enough' (and hasn't been 'enough' for close to 20 years).
    Because when Gay Byrne was hosting the LLS, or presenting radio... they could ask any price for an advert to air during the LLS.
    And not only that, different advertising segments cost less or more. In the days when RTE tracked viewership (and printed it in the RTE guide/ newspapers/ teletext or on the web) corporations paid attention-if they saw 'at the mid point of the show, every night, is the largest audience', then that means advertising was most expensive. And RTE (and Gaybo) could ask any price-those slots were like gold-dust. License fee wasn't an issue-RTE had money they could throwaway, practically.

    Soon as they lost Gay Byrne-they essentially lost the 'man of the people'... and they never got anyone to replace him.
    And sadly, never will.


  • #568
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,739 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Invisibleman wrote: »
    How could she apologise to him after he died ?

    His family, his friends, his colleagues.
    She'd be blacklisted for life.


  • #569
    CFlat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭CFlat


    KWAG2019 wrote: »
    Guests who will be joining Ryan tonight to pay tribute to Gay Byrne include President Michael D Higgins, Mary McAleese,
    Bob Geldof, Pat Kenny, Joe Duffy, Mike Murphy, Andrea Corr, Sharon Shannon, John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Nell McCafferty, John McColgan, Tommy Tiernan, (1/2)
    Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Rosaleen Linehan
    Eamon Dunphy, Twink, Fr Brian D'arcy, Paddy Maloney,
    Donal Lunny, Nell McCafferty, Michael Carruth, Moya Doherty, RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes, Vincent Browne, Mary Black, Frank McNamara and Aonghus McAnally.

    Brace Brace Brace

    All those people on a hour and a half show. Jaysus, it'll be like speed dating, except without someone's telephone number afterwords!

    RIP Gay.


  • #570
    tylercheribini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,016 ✭✭✭tylercheribini


    CFlat wrote: »
    All those people on a hour and a half show. Jaysus, it'll be like speed dating, except without someone's telephone number afterwords!

    RIP Gay.

    A de-aged Gerry Ryan hologram too.


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  • #571
    high_king
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 418 ✭✭high_king


    Letwin_Larry wrote: »
    actually you are wrong.
    he wasn't anti anything. he was no revolutionary. he was very much part of the establishment.

    Far from it. You've mixed up establishments again, one was talking over from the other, he was one of the pioneers of the new establishment.


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