Gay Byrne Raffled Off The Harley Davidson Bono Gave Him To Chary

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Celebratg his 80th birthday, broadster and road safety ontman Gay Byrne is as sharp and opnated as ever, as Michael Clifford disvers

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LEAR OF THE PACK: THE MOTORBIKG ADVENTUR OF GAY BYRNE

I was six years to a stt RTÉ TV current affairs 1994 when I got an out-of-the-blue ll om the director of televisn. I was to set up a meetg wh Gay Byrne. Gay had always produced The Late Late Show himself and wanted to lighten his load. If I had a succsful discsn wh him, I would be appoted to produce the show. * gay byrne motorbike *

On the first anniversary of Gay Byrne's ath, his good iend John Masterson remembers his generosy of spir, his reverse-hagglg - and his love of bikgI was six years to a stt RTÉ TV current affairs 1994 when I got an out-of-the-blue ll om the director of televisn. I was to set up a meetg wh Gay Byrne. Gay had always produced The Late Late Show himself and wanted to lighten his load.

I had barely met Gay. Gay, I was told, had not ma me aware of rrponnce relatg to rtrictns on Dermot appearg on live TV - he uld be unpredictable - and I had not followed procr. But the 'no handshake' saga that followed so annoyed Gay that he talked about wh Joe Duffy on his fal Late Late.

Nohels, after the mercial break, Gay was found standg among the stud dience. It was not the begng to an important terview that Gay wanted. Not for the first time Gay was right.

GAY BYRNE RAFFLED OFF THE HARLEY DAVIDSON THAT BONO GAVE HIM TO CHARY

Gay Byrne's elst dghter Crona has revealed that the late broadster had raffled off his Harley Davidson he got om Bono to chary. * gay byrne motorbike *

Gay was a mol public servant, but he had a healthy disrpect for some of the 'sus' of those battl grew tst.

Gay was a wonrful nversatnalist but never domated. I still have a bottle of Jamon which he marked wh a Sharpie pen, "Gay Byrne owns this" took motorbike ris together now and aga. The look on a young garda's face when Gay raised his visor at a checkpot and the guard heard the voice - was pricels.

GAY BYRNE: THE VERY MOL OF A MOTORG FE GENTLEMAN

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Gay did 11, 000 on that bike. I was very touched a while back when Kathleen passed Gay's biker gear on to I left RTÉ around 2000, I anised an event to lnch some new branch of Dunn Stor.

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Gay was to officiate at three of them and I arranged the fee wh Dunn CEO Margaret Heffernan.

Gay took Brendan om the table to the sunroom. Brendan was very well-known but Gay explaed how thgs would now change.

I terviewed Gay and Kathleen on my KCLR morng rad show soon after he had a heart sre 2015.

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I asked him one more qutn, jt to let him know I had learned somethg om the year before Christmas, Gay and Kathleen hosted a marvello at-home lunch for about 20 people om his TV and rad show days. Gay Byrne's elst dghter Crona has revealed that the late broadster had raffled off his Harley Davidson to chary.

Gay Byrne wh Crona Byrne. She said: 'Gay was such a mastay for so many hom Ireland for so many years is lovely to hear the stori people are postg on social media.

GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW

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'It is lovely to see how Gay touched so many liv. Gay Byrne received a Harley Davidson om Bono.

Gay was gifted the Harley live on the Late Late Show 1999 by U2's Bono and Larry to celebrate his last ever time prentg the show. Thoands of members of the public me out to celebrate Gay's long life, wh many famo and faiar fac turng out for the funeral.

Gay suffered had been sufferg a long illns after beg diagnosed wh ncer 2016, which he announced on his RTE rad show sayg he would be takg a break but never returned due to his clg health.

IT’S THE LATE LATE GLOW WH GAY BYRNE

Gay Byrne certaly brgs profile to the new Road Safety Authory, at least to those over 35. Listenership and viewg figur ntued to drop (the cle had begun on Gaybo's watch) bee of creased petn, but armageddon was fortalled. He returned to the airwav wh Who Wants to Be a Millnaire?, the Gay Byrne Mic Show and Make 'Em Lgh, a seri about edy Ireland.

IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS

Actually that episo embolned Gaybo to mand om RTÉ the kd of salary his huge populary and profsnalism mered and, the end, he probably emerged as even better off as nsequence. In any event Rsell Murphy probably enjoyed the money more than Gay Byrne was ever pable of enjoyg .

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Ttimonials on motorcycle trag ( c Gay Byrne chairman of RSA ) .

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