Overview
- Lyster’s family announced plans for a lie-in-repose in Monkstown and a funeral ceremony at Mount Jerome in Dublin that will be streamed, with donations invited to the Irish Heart Foundation instead of flowers.
- Relatives said he died after a long illness at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin and they thanked the ICU staff for their care and compassion.
- Tributes from Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and RTÉ director-general Kevin Bakhurst praised him as a modernising, fair and much-loved broadcaster, and a minute’s silence was observed before Galway’s game against Dublin.
- He presented The Sunday Game from 1984 to 2018 and became the steady hand of its debate-driven panels, while also fronting RTÉ coverage of major events such as the Olympic Games.
- Beyond broadcasting he had a deep passion for rallying, once finishing third in the Cork International Rally, and he faced serious health scares in the 2010s before retiring.