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Gay Byrne RIP

  • 04-11-2019 3:44pm
    #1
    Professor Genius
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 391 ✭✭


    Everyone’s favourite TV & Radio uncle. One of a kind....


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  • #2
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    source?


  • #3
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    One of the best broadcasters we have ever produced


  • #4
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    Kimbot wrote: »
    source?

    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/1104/1088580-gay-byrne/


  • #5
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    Kimbot wrote: »
    source?

    RTE newsflash on right now


  • #6
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/1104/1088580-gay-byrne/


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  • #7
    fergus1001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭fergus1001


    F


  • #8
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,817 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    My main memories of him were presenting the Toy Show when I was a kid and when he finished up in 1999.


    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/1104/1088580-gay-byrne/


  • #9
    downwesht
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭downwesht


    Sad day for everyone that ever turned on the radio or TV in this country.Never will his likes be seen again,a true pro.RIP.


  • #10
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,180 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    RIP Gaybo. He was very much part of the fabric of RTE, and indeed of Ireland.


  • #11
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    RIP


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  • #12
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Ah I am genuinely gutted to read that. He was a great broadcaster and ahead of his time in terms of the content of his shows. He was a great supporter of the underdog and those society tended to shun. Rest in peace.


  • #13
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,163 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Greatest Irish broadcaster (alongside Terry Wogan). Head and shoulders above anyone else at RTE.

    RIP


  • #14
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,740 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/1104/1088580-gay-byrne/


  • #15
    Invisibleman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭Invisibleman


    He was full of himself and full of sh*t in my opinion,
    made a career out of talking down to people


  • #16
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,889 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Ah no RIP

    One of a kind and really made the late late show his

    Never met him but seemed like a nice guy


  • #17
    The Satanist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 693 ✭✭✭The Satanist


    RIP


  • #18
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    The consummate chat show broadcaster.

    The best there ever was on this side of pond anyway. Would rate him higher than Parkinson or Wogan.

    Ar dheis de go raibh a anam uasal dilis


  • #19
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    Always liked him. Never see the likes of him or Sir Terry again. Both were different class.


  • #20
    sReq | uTeK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,017 ✭✭✭sReq | uTeK


    RIP.

    A great presenter, well ahead of his time.


  • #21
    sReq | uTeK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,017 ✭✭✭sReq | uTeK


    RIP.

    An effortless presenter, well ahead of his time.
    Sometimes he was at odds with his own belief which shun through in some of his interviews, but we he was agnostic he was fantastic.


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  • #22
    tylercheribini
    Registered Users Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭tylercheribini


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Ah I am genuinely gutted to read that. He was a great broadcaster and ahead of his time in terms of the content of his shows. He was a great supporter of the underdog and those society tended to shun. Rest in peace.

    ???Annie Murphy,


  • #23
    123balltv
    Registered Users Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭123balltv


    Gay Byrne RIP


  • #24
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    Met him and sat beside him on a flight to London about 15 years ago. I was on the flight deck chatting to the captain and he came into us and introduced himself. Ended up sitting beside him then during the flight. Genuine gentleman.


  • #25
    Greyfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    RIP Gay Byrne

    Absolute legend and the most talented person to work in Irish TV. Part of growing up for a generation.


  • #26
    SickBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    RIP uncle Gaybo :(


  • #27
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,427 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Neither excira or delira. RIP

    Glazers Out!



  • #28
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Gay Byrne was the king of broadcasting in Ireland. He dominated TV and radio for so many years. For many people of a certain age, the Late Late Show was synonymous with Gay Byrne. Whatever people may have thought of his personal views, which he was not afraid to state on radio, or his attitude to some guests, Gay was the consummate broadcaster and host.

    It is not a cliché to say that there will be no-one quite like him in his style of delivery.

    RIP to a broadcasting giant.
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #29
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,817 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I saw some interviews he did online and I found them great mainly because he let people speak and didn't interrupt with stupid questions.


  • #30
    Pretzill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    He was a professional. I remember being in the audience of the Late Late and he could produce on the hoof, as well as present. Probably one of Ireland's best presenters - even though I hated some of his condescending interviews (Annie Murphy immeadiately springs to mind - hated the way he treated her, it was a different Ireland then) I enjoyed The Meaning of Life too.

    Ar dheis de go raibh a anam


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  • #31
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    RIP
    A true legend.

    De mortuis nil nisi bonum.


  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    From as far back as I can remember, and I was born in 1961, I adored watching Gaybo on the Late Late Show.


  • #33
    FluffyTowel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 406 ✭✭FluffyTowel


    Such sad news. Kinda just though he would always be around. Thoughts to his family.


  • #34
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    That time Stephen Fry made him disgusted was fairly gas though in all fairness.


  • #35
    Robert_Beach
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Robert_Beach


    He was always up his own arse imo.


  • #36
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    tylercheribini wrote: »
    ???Annie Murphy,

    I don't know who that is. I'm thinking more of his support of single parents who were fighting to have state support, he was a great supporter of Gingerbread, the advocate group for single parents. He was one of the only broadcasters to discuss Ann Lovetts death, he discussed sex on the late late show, was sympathetic to Sinéad O'Connor after popegate etc.


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  • #37
    partyguinness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,203 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    Not a fan of his at all. In fact I found him a condescending so and so.

    But his contribution to Irish TV and debate for over 30 years must be acknowledged and respected.


  • #38
    Letwin_Larry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 615 ✭✭✭Letwin_Larry


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Ah I am genuinely gutted to read that. He was a great broadcaster and ahead of his time in terms of the content of his shows. He was a great supporter of the underdog and those society tended to shun. Rest in peace.

    unless a Bishop managed to get his leg over ya that is.



  • #39
    Infernal Racket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Infernal Racket


    Invisibleman wrote: »
    He was full of himself and full of sh*t in my opinion,
    made a career out of talking down to people

    I always thought this too, always found him to be very condescending towards certain people.


  • #40
    BoroMan32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭BoroMan32


    ''Do you understand the expression f**k off'.....


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lxFb7fwIdI


  • #41
    nkl12xtw5goz70
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    RIP Gay Byrne. A pivotal figure in the emergence of modern Ireland.


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  • #42
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,853 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    Look at what / who replaced him on the late late show! Just look!!! I’m Talking about the bean poll!


  • #43
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Ah no RIP

    One of a kind and really made the late late show his

    Never met him but seemed like a nice guy
    Met him on the street in recent times and he was happy to be recognised.


  • #44
    AllForIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,479 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    I really liked Gay Byrne, even the somewhat aloof side of him.


  • #45
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Was actually only thinking of him recently cos his wife had been interviewed and from what she said, it sounded like he didn't have long left - I wonder were they kind of preparing people for the news.

    RIP Gaybo - an Irish icon


  • #46
    Father Hernandez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,301 ✭✭✭✭Father Hernandez


    Invisibleman wrote: »
    He was full of himself and full of sh*t in my opinion,
    made a career out of talking down to people
    Robert_Beach wrote: »
    He was always up his own arse imo.

    Whatever your opinion of him, best to leave it at the door. This is a thread of condolences really. No need for it.

    RIP Gaybo


  • #47
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,020 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    The most cringing (and sad) piece of TV I've ever seen

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11881733


  • #48
    tylercheribini
    Registered Users Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭tylercheribini


    eviltwin wrote: »
    I don't know who that is. I'm thinking more of his support of single parents who were fighting to have state support, he was a great supporter of Gingerbread, the advocate group for single parents. He was one of the only broadcasters to discuss Ann Lovetts death, he discussed sex on the late late show, was sympathetic to Sinéad O'Connor after popegate etc.

    Probably the most shameful character assassination of a chatshow guest Ive ever witnessed, Gaybo buddies with Casey of course.



  • #49
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Best chat show host ever in my opinion.
    A true professional.

    Best memory of that unreal Late Late show postcard winner phone call who won the car... but turned out her daughter was killed by a car walking home the night before.

    Gay just talked to her like a friend and got a priest or poet who happened to be on the panel (not sure) to say a few words.

    It was poignant and heartbreaking.

    I shudder to think how the current crop of 'entertainers' would handle it.


  • #50
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,284 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Great career and presenter. A fine age to go, thanks for the memories Gay


  • #51
    careless sherpa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭careless sherpa


    Pretzill wrote: »
    He was a professional. I remember being in the audience of the Late Late and he could produce on the hoof, as well as present. Probably one of Ireland's best presenters - even though I hated some of his condescending interviews (Annie Murphy immeadiately springs to mind - hated the way he treated her, it was a different Ireland then) I enjoyed The Meaning of Life too.

    Ar dheis de go raibh a anam


    Unprofessional on occasion if he disliked the person being interviewed or indeed if he liked them too much.


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