The RTÉ icon’s daughter brings us another volume of nostalgia from his long-running show, although it also serves as a reminder of how awful the 1980s and ’90s were
Gay Byrne working on his radio show in 1988.
This is the second book in what could very well turn out to be a series. First of all there was Dear Gay. Now, just in time for Christmas, we have PS Gay: More Letters and Memories from the Gay Byrne Show. Whether it is quite the exercise in gentle nostalgia that the publishers claim it to be is up for debate. But one thing is for sure, Gay Byrne was a hardworking man who generated a phenomenal amount of material as he presented five radio shows every week for decades, not forgetting the Late Late Show. And the RTÉ archives is a big place. At this rate we could be talking a decade’s worth of books.
Its author, Suzy Byrne, is one of Gay’s two daughters and she is the compiler, helped again by former producer Alice O’Sullivan.