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As with the history of Irish broadcasting in general, so with the career of Simon Delaney: the totemic figure of Gay Byrne casts a long shadow. Lately in situ as host of the eponymous Sunday Afternoon with… on Lyric FM, some of his earliest memories are being in the kitchen with his mother, “the radio on, listening to Gaybo”.
Political correctness is washing over even the most innocent of pastimes.
TV show Laochra Gael has been running for so long that several of the participants in its first series – John Wilson, Enda Colleran, Brian Mullins, Páidí Ó Sé, Dermot O’Brien – have since passed away, in most cases of old age. Such is the longevity of the TG4 show that began life in 2001 and endures almost a quarter of a century later.
?The title of this autobiography from legendary Limerick middle-distance runner Frank O’Mara is Bend, Don’t Break – and so it goes, thematically and stylistically also.
Terrified of Trump’s return, liberals are finding refuge in children’s fantasies.