"Audiences have been turning to RTÉ in record numbers in recent months and brought us into their homes, and RTÉ's role as the national public service media has never been more important" -Dee Forbes, RTÉ Director-General

At the funeral Mass in Dublin's Pro Cathedral, the principal celebrant, Fr Leonard Maloney SJ revealed that the much-loved broadcaster was often seen at weekday or Sunday Mass even in the latter stages of his cancer.

Archbishop Eamon Martin described Gay Byrne as a gifted and groundbreaking broadcaster who will be remembered and quoted for generations.

There is nothing especially new about Mr Fry’s remarks, given that they echo those made by the Greek philosopher Epicurus in the third century BC.

Book contains contributions by prominent retired politicians and past pupils Liam Cosgrave, John Boland and Michael Woods.

Saint of the Gutters had a great love of Christmas and Advent in particular.