It’s The Late Late glow with Gay Byrne

Celebrating his 80th birthday, broadcaster and road safety frontman Gay Byrne is as sharp and opinionated as ever, as Michael Clifford discovers

It’s The Late Late glow with Gay Byrne

GAY BYRNE hasn’t got up on a motorcycle for two years. He sold his Honda because he didn’t have time to ride it. Space in his diary was at a premium. He doesn’t “go into” work, per say, so there was no daily spin to keep him sharp.

“I sold it and I intended to get another bike but I simply haven’t had the time,” he says. “I had a mind to go back to the bike the boys gave me, (that’s Bono and Larry Mullen, who presented him with a Harley Davison on his last Late Late Show in 1999), or maybe get something lower and easier but I haven’t had the time to attend to it.

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