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Contents:
- GAY BYRNE: ‘I AM NO DIFFERENT TO HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOST MONEY’
- GAY BYRNE: A GIANT OF IRISH LIFE WHO SHAPED IRISH SOCIETY
- GAYBO’S VALUE WAS LCULABLE
- IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS
- THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID
GAY BYRNE: ‘I AM NO DIFFERENT TO HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOST MONEY’
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GAY BYRNE: A GIANT OF IRISH LIFE WHO SHAPED IRISH SOCIETY
Along wh the Third Secret of Fatima, the size of Gay Byrne’s RTE salary was one of the great mysteri of Irish life up until the early 2000s. The third secret was not a doomsday predictn of nuclear annihilatn, and Gaybo earned much ls than we tails of his salary had been protected by a nfintialy clse his ntract. The show beme a fom where ntroversial topics such as the fluence of the Catholic Church, ntraceptn, AIDS, homosexualy, abortn, and divorce uld be openly Bishop and the NightieThe first major ntroversy emerged 1966 what has bee known as The Bishop and the Nightie affair.
GAYBO’S VALUE WAS LCULABLE
Gay Byrne later issued a statement sayg had not been the show’s tentn to embarrass poted out that was a late-night show signed for adult viewg. Tradg PlacIn 1979 fellow broadster, Eamonn Andrews hi-jacked The Late Late Show, turng the tabl on Gay Byrne.
Markg 500 episos, he terviewed Gay about the last 17 years of the was about to announce a gut lled ‘Dana Andrews’, when Eamonn Andrews appeared on set to Gay’s surprise. The set-up was arranged by the Late Late Show crew, who asked Eamonn to e along to salute Gay and the show.
IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS
Lbian NunsAlso 1979, Gay Byrne terviewed a lbian. Prottors gathered to rece s of the rosary, sg hymns as the show got 's First AppearanceIn 1983, U2 ont man Bono talked to Gay Byrne about makg the vio for ‘New Year’s Day’, playg the Danln Market Dubl and why he thought dgs were borg. Bono replied: “We are lled U2, Gay.
THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID
”The Lambo IncintIn 1987, the late broadster Gerry Ryan and a group of volunteers spent time the untrysi of Connemara as part of The Gay Byrne Show.
Birmgham SixIn 1991 Gay terviewed three of The Birmgham Six who were wrongly sentenced to life imprisonment 1975 for a Birmgham pub bombg. Gay chose a panel of public figur - Jim Kemmy, Dermot Ahern, Michael McDowell, Hugh Leonard and At himself refed to shake hands wh Adams but the SF lear proved more skillful at bate than was expected. Durg the terview Gay Byrne remarked that: “If your son is half as good a man as his father, he won’t be dog too badly.
"She then promptly thanked Gay Byrne for the terview and left the TiernanThe same year, edian Tommy Tiernan ed material on The Late Late Show, which many viewers felt poked fun at the Ccifixn.