‘Everybody knew Gaybo the length and breadth of the country and beyond’ - Gabriel Howard, a legendary figure in Irish cycling, passed away earlier this month following a farm accident, writes Paul Fitzpatrick

Bill Linnane hails the wonders and the blunders of the inimitable Kerry show

Last year, when I met Bill O’Herlihy for the first and only time just days before his last broadcast anchoring the RTÉ football panel, he made one of those characteristic self-depreciating comments as we were finishing up.

If you haven’t heard of the wildly popular photo blog and Facebook page [url=https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/]Humans of New York,/url] you’ve been missing out.

A dramatic promo segment for this weekend’s interview between Gay Byrne and Stephen Fry is getting plenty of attention for the apparent shock of Uncle Gay at the staunch atheist’s view.

A is for Asian angst

Tony Leen was at Anfield 25 years ago tonight for the most remarkable league triumph in football history.

I got into show business purely by chance.

The country’s most celebrated broadcaster, Gay Byrne, has left his financial woes behind with cash at his media firm climbing by almost €100,000 to €443,343.

THE inventor of television, John Logie Baird, was born in Helensburgh near Glasgow 125 years ago today. His invention was arguably the single most important of the past 100 years.

WHEN the definitive history of television is finally written, perhaps the date of Feb 1, 2013, will be marked as a significant milestone.

As Munster prepare to meet Harlequins this weekend, Simon Lewis recalls, through the eyes of visiting players Daren O’Leary and Tulsen Tollett, the first European meeting between the clubs, back in 1997/98.

Regular Rose of Tralee viewers are used to unusual sights, with banana songs, breakfast rolls, and a contestant who decapitated Sesame Street’s Bert of Bert and Ernie fame (seriously) all taking the spotlight in recent years.

The sun shone as the Roses bloomed for the official launch of the 2012 Rose of Tralee festival yesterday.

Gay Byrne has said he will continue to work for as long as he is able to — because he needs the money.

At 81, Clint Eastwood is set to act againwhile veteran musicians, TV hosts and other aged stars thrive, says John Daly

THE Rose of Tralee doesn’t do scandalous sex secrets, so it was no wonder Daithí Ó Sé’s tongue-in-cheek response to questions about his blossoming romance with former Rose Rita Talty led to a sudden pandemic of journalistic panic.

GAY Byrne seems acceptable to some people as President, on the basis that he is not a politician and thus is deemed not to be part of the old Ireland that failed.

SURELY, at a time when we are scratching around for celebrity candidates to take the bare look off the race for the Áras, the obvious choice has been inexplicably overlooked. It’s high time for John Giles, the nation’s natural leader, to step up.

THE accidental president.

GAY Byrne’s daughter, Crona says she has been bombarded with phone calls from Fianna Fáil supporters urging her to encourage her father to throw his hat into the Presidential election ring.

LET’S get one thing straight: to win the presidential election, a candidate is going to have to want it.

NOT quite London’s Palladium, but Dublin’s brand new National Convention Centre came pretty close last night as it hosted an Irish-style Royal Variety Performance to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland.

REGARDING your story about Gay Byrne caught wearing his seat belt incorrectly, he stated that the picture was taken a few months ago. Regardless as to when it happened, he should have worn his seatbelt properly.

IRELAND’S high-profile road safety guru, Gay Byrne, has been left red-faced after being filmed wearing his seatbelt incorrectly.

PAT KENNY paid tribute to the late Gerry Ryan when he described him, Gay Byrne and Terry Wogan as “the Holy Trinity” of Irish broadcasting talent.

RETIRED broadcaster Gay Byrne said he and others who lost money when bank shares collapsed need a sacrificial lamb to appease their anger. Those to blame “should be imprisoned”.

GAY BYRNE is back on his old stomping ground in Tralee and yesterday nearly crashed his motorbike into the back of a bus.

THE old Rolling Stones hit You Can’t Always Get What You Want blared out from the special outdoor set constructed for tonight’s Late Late Show as Pat Kenny held his final media interviews yesterday as host of the world’s longest-running TV chat show.

Dan Buckley asks whether Ryan Tubridy can rekindle that Gaybo attraction.

HAVING watched many forgettable, Late Late shows hosted by Gay Byrne, I have to say that Pat's show was just as good if not better than Gaybo’s was.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese is donating a number of ball gowns to a charity auction. This alerted me to the prospect of life after her presidency when it ends in 2011.

HANDS up everyone who is looking forward to Pat Kenny hosting another Late Late Show this autumn.

GAY BYRNE and his wife Kathleen Watkins raised their glasses yesterday as locals in Killarney toasted the first-ever pub wedding.

Dr McCarthy queried the appointment of Gay Byrne to the RSA because Byrne is in his 70s.

I PRESUME the Government and various lobbyists will be keeping statistics on the number of people killed or maimed in car carnage involving provisional licences between now and next June?

Gay Byrne is returning to the airwaves with a new Sunday aftenoon show on Lyric FM, RTÉ revealed today.

OF course, drivers are directly responsible for most of the accidents on our roads, not Transport Minister Martin Cullen or Gay Byrne, the man he appointed as head of the Road Safety Authority.

Embattled roads safety tzar Gay Byrne today defended himself amid calls for his resignation.

I SYMPATHISE with Gay Byrne in his new role trying to change our behaviour on the roads.

YOU’D never have caught Gaybo or Marty doing it, but Ray D’Arcy’s belly-dancing antics onstage at the Rose of Tralee last night showed just why he’s a huge hit with competitors and organisers alike.