Cork tributes paid to 'colossus' of Irish broadcasting Gay Byrne

Gay Byrne and Donal Crosbie during ‘The Late Late Show’ at the Opera House in Cork on October 25, 1982, as part of a Guinness Cork Jazz Festival Special.

He spent some time going between Dublin and the UK working for both the BBC and RTÉ before returning home in the late 1960s as presenter and producer of The Late Late Show, which became the world’s longest-running chat show.

Head of RTÉ in Cork, Colm Crowley, said that Byrne was a great friend to all in RTÉ Cork.