It was poor political judgment on his part insofar as the impression given by the anti-Byrne falange was that Gay Byrne, this awful ogre . You must remember, that I lived through people walking out of the audience of The Late Late Show because we were discussing the possibility of decriminalising homosexuality. You will be remembered by your spouse if that is the situation which presents itself, you will be remembered by your children . the grandchildren now are old enough to have a memory so they would probably remember me for a short time. I’ll give it two weeks.” – In interview with Róisín Ingle for Irish Times Róisín Meets podcast, February 2015

Source: The Irish Times November 04, 2019 15:00 UTC