Claire Byrne Live

2022 - 5 - 31

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Tributes pour in as Claire Byrne takes her final bow (Her.ie)

Viewers said their final goodbyes to Claire Byrne Live last night as the show aired for one last time on RTE One.

One person wrote: "Nooooo!! I love the Claire Byrne Live show @ClaireByrneLive. Why is it the things we love most take the final bow. “And of course, to our loyal audience at home - we know you have lots to choose from now, we aren’t the only show in town, not by a long shot, but you have stayed with us and both myself and all the team are grateful to you for that. She said: "And that brings us to the end of the final Claire Byrne Live, we’ve had more than seven years here on Monday nights and it has been an honour to be with you through some really challenging times for our country. Another said: "This is such a sad day for the people of Ireland. Thank you so much @ClaireByrneLive, @TodaywithClaire, and @rte for producing such a fantastic show to inform the people of Ireland. Claire Byrne live was everybody in Ireland's favourite show on a Monday night and will be missed.” A third wrote: "Can’t believe this is going to be the last episode of Claire Byrne Live I am throwing up on the walls and bawling." Viewers said their final goodbyes to Claire Byrne Live last night as the show aired for one last time on RTE One.

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Claire Byrne Live final episode: The wigged-out current affairs show ... (The Irish Times)

Series carries on strange tradition of Irish current affairs programming that lurches towards the surreal and bonkers.

“That does bring us to the end,” says Byrne, finally. “These have been unrelentingly interesting times,” says columnist Alison O’Connor. “Marriage equality is great — at the same time it didn’t make much of a difference to those two guys,” says campaigner Martin Beanz Warde, referencing the earlier item on homophobic abuse. Having announced out of the blue last week she was stepping down from the slot to focus on her morning radio show, for her big farewell Byrne just gets on with things. It would be an overstatement to describe the departure from the airwaves of Claire Byrne Live (RTÉ One, Monday, 10.30pm) as the end of an era. A segment in which she received a flu jab in her car from former TD Kate O’Connell. This was Irish broadcasting at its most wigged out — with Byrne at the centre of the pandemonium as TV’s ultimate straight woman. Byrne in her shed early in the pandemic.

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Claire Byrne's replacements revealed after she leaves RTÉ role after ... (RSVP Live)

Claire Byrne Live finished up earlier this week, but a number of names are in the mix to replace her including Sarah McInerney, Sharon Ni Bheolain, ...

Richard Chambers 12/1 Síle Seoige 12/1 Sarah McInerney is top of the list after joining Prime Time in 2020.

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Claire Byrne Live viewers all say same thing as she ends final show ... (The Irish Sun)

CLAIRE Byrne Live viewers have all said the same thing as she ended the final show with a powerful goodbye message.The RTE star had announced that las.

Best of luck in the future." Maria wrote: "Loved the show. One viewer tweeted: "Thank you Claire for your show and the memories.

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