Peter Mulryan
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The series is produced by myself.
And me, Seanna McGreevy.
And me, Liam O'Brien.
And sound design is by me, Damien Chanel.
Until next time, thanks for listening.
A warning before we begin.
This series contains reference to sexual abuse.
A pirate radio station peddling its daily wares.
There are now at least 20 such illegal stations around the country.
As the 1980s dawned in Ireland, change was in the airwaves.
Thank you very much indeed, Brendan, and welcome to the first show on Radio 2.
If Eamon Cook and Radio Dublin had led the Irish pirate scene in the late 70s, their success with younger audiences spurred others into action, including the national broadcaster.
Yeah, well, we've been waiting for an all-day nationwide music station for a long time.
Now we have it.
RTE launched just its second radio station in its history, Radio 2, now 2FM.
And a new breed of super-pirate radio stations were about to rewrite the rulebook.
The best music...
Radio Dublin was still broadcasting around the clock on its AM frequency, and Eamon Cook continued his weekly news show.
I was looking there through the papers just a short while before the news to see if I'd met just an hour or so.
I got a quick couple of glances at it.