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"I just felt so inadequate because there was absolutely nothing I could say. I couldn't tell him it would be OK, because it wasn't going to be. He was only 57. He had never seen any of his kids get married or have any grand-kids and he was looking back with such regret, while realising he didn't have a future. It was the utter humanity of it all…" Yates has often said he has spent the rest of his life trying to please his father. If he had his father back for a moment, what would he say? He takes a deep breath: "He never once told me he loved me."

While Bird’s delivery can make him sound by turns grumpy and dotty, much of what he says is actually sensible The conversation continues in this vein. Bird pivots constantly between righteous journalistic anger at Government nefariousness and personal irritation at his country strolls being curtailed, sounding like a cross between Peter Finch’s mad-as-hell newscaster in Network and Grampa Simpson. Even McInerney’s formidable interviewing skills prove futile in the face of her guest’s verbal onrush: after a couple of unsuccessful attempts to read out a text to Bird, the...

Here are the best TV shows to watch on the box over the Christmas 2020 period There's lots of great TV to choose from over the Christmas period (Image: BBC Studios/Alan Peebles) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can uns...

The patrician businessman Hugh Coveney was appalled to learn in 1994 that the reason the EU talks would continue all night was because they did not start until 5.30pm. It was December and the Cork chartered surveyor turned politician had been appointed defence and marine minister in John Bruton's rainbow coalition just days earlier. Hugh Coveney, the late father of Simon Coveney who is now very familiar with Brussels' unique ways, was about to learn how EU fishery talks were conducted, with an all-nighter absolutely mandatory to garnish the inevitable dawn announcement: "Well, we got the very...