Greg Canty Fuzion Blog

The Irish Times morning update popped into my inbox with a powerful image of one of Ireland’s iconic figures.

Without having to read anything the moment when I see that image of Gay Byrne a thousand stories, memories and feelings invade my head.

For me, I guess the strongest is me as a young kid being at home with my family on Saturday nights, in my pyjamas, feeling warm and safe. That special thought brings tears to my eyes as time moved along pretty damn fast and I’d do anything to have dad in the room with me again.

Clearly a multitude of other things come to mind like the interviews with Ireland’s biggest punk, Bob Geldof and of course “the rocker”, Phil Lynott and so many of the other interviews with stars, personalities and those in the middle of the controversies of the time (innocent times!).

The Toy Show went from being “toys for me” to being toys for my kids – it is like he was there as we grew up.

Gay, thank you for the memories and for being there on some special Saturday nights.   

Greg

Greg Canty is a Partner of Fuzion Communications, a full service Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing agency with offices in Dublin and Cork, Ireland

Tags: Bob Geldof, Fuzion Communications, Gay Byrne, Greg Canty, Phil Lynott

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