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# PIRATE RADIO

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'I'd only meant to stay a few months aboard Radio Caroline. Ronan O'Rahilly's magnetism kept me there for years'
Steve Conway
'The station revolutionised radio for a generation': Ronan O'Rahilly, founder of Radio Caroline, dies aged 79
The 1988 closedown: How a legal loophole led to an explosion in Irish pirate radio
DJ Gareth O'Callaghan to step down from radio as he battles 'rare and incurable disease'
Eamon Cooke: the convicted paedophile who launched the careers of RTE legends
This 8-year-old wrote to the Taoiseach in 1984 because RTÉ was 'mean to block sunshine'