The Meaning of Life

Season 6

2012 · 5 episodes · 2h 36m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Mary McAleese

   7 Oct 2012 · 47 min

   Mary McAleese gives her first televised interview since leaving office, speaking to Gay Byrne with extraordinary candour about how her life has shaped - and been shaped by - her beliefs and attitudes.

2. 

   2. Noel Gallagher

   14 Oct 2012 · 27 min

   Oasis musician Noel Gallagher discusses his career, and his relationship with his brother Liam.

3. 

   3. Sean Gallagher

   21 Oct 2012 · 27 min

   In his first televised interview since his presidential campaign, Sean Gallagher tells Gay Byrne what gave an almost-blind schoolboy the self-belief to run for the highest office in the land.

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   4. Niall Quinn

   28 Oct 2012 · 27 min

   One of Ireland’s most successful and best loved footballers, Niall Quinn, tells Gay how a mixture of faith, family and luck enabled him to “swim in the river without getting wet,” in a sport that was rife with drink, gambling and how he survived the kind of post-career depression that killed his friend Gary Speed.

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   5. Norah Casey

   4 Nov 2012 · 28 min

   In this profoundly moving interview, Norah Casey tells Gay Byrne how her Catholic faith has both been challenged and also sustained her, in the year since her husband's death.