Fri May 27 2022 - 15:55
Ms Byrne said she had decided to concentrate on her midmorning Radio 1 radio show, Today with Claire Byrne, but looked forward to returning to the television schedules “in time”. The series, which was billed as an attempt to bring in a younger audience to RTÉ television’s current affairs line-up, prided itself on a fast-paced line-up of items, viewer polls and quirky studio segments.
“When we started Claire Byrne Live in 2015, we wanted it to be a forum for people in Ireland to shape the news, respond to unfolding events and most importantly, to have their say. We came through two general elections, two hugely significant referendums and one global pandemic in the time that we have been on air,” said Ms Byrne, who paid tribute to her editors and team.