The Meaning of Life

Season 7

2013 · 7 episodes · 2h 41m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Colm Tóibín

   6 Jan 2013 · 28 min

   Multi award-winning writer Colm Tóibín is Gay Byrne's guest in the first programme in the new series.

2. 

   2. JP Donleavy

   13 Jan 2013 · 26 min

   Gay Byrne talks to JP Donleavy about his origins in the Bronx and the experiences, ideas and beliefs that have shaped his work.

3. 

   3. John Lonergan

   20 Jan 2013 · 26 min

   Gay Byrne interviews John Lonergan about the values and beliefs which shaped – and were shaped by - his career in Irish prisons.

4. 

   4. Maureen Gaffney

   27 Jan 2013 · 27 min

   Gay Byrne meets psychologist Maureen Gaffney to hear what gives her life meaning.

5. 

   5. Maria Doyle

   3 Feb 2013 · 27 min

   Award-winning actor and singer, Maria Doyle Kennedy, talks to Gay Byrne.

6. 

   6. Christina Noble

   10 Feb 2013 · 27 min

   Christina Noble reveals to Gay the extraordinary events and inspiration that led her, as a formerly homeless Dublin child rape victim, to devote her life to helping Asian street children.

7. 7

   7. Bono

   25 Jun 2013