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Gabriel Byrne sets pulses racing at opening

Writer Colm Toibín enjoys a talk with actor Gabriel Byrne who opened the Listowel Writers Week Festival on Wednesday. Credit: Photo: Domnick Walsh
Wednesday June 03 2009
THURSDAY last marked a timely anniversary for Writers' Week this year — the 30th anniversary of the final episode of the Riordans, the hit soap in which Gabriel Byrne first sent female pulses racing and established his formidable screen presence.