Ryan Tubridy says he’s glad Gay Byrne wasn’t forced to endure ‘madness’ of COVID
#LateLate pic.twitter.com/5rKsnonWpY— The Late Late Show (@RTELateLateShow) November 4, 2020‘As much as the newshound in him and the cultural aficionado would have been curious about [coronavirus], I think it was kinder he didn’t see all of this madness and we were all able to gather in the Pro Cathedral that day to say goodbye.‘His picture still hangs above us on the studio floor, we think about him, we pass him by every day and he continues to be sorely missed.’Joe added: ‘If the past is another country, last November seems like another planet.Joe also remembered all the things that Gay loved which would have been fitting given the situation we find ourselves in, including his daily walks across Howth Head, his morning dosage of vitamin C.
