Has it come to this? Pirate radio in Ireland has a long history, but it has tended to focus on the so-called super pirates of the 1980s. What about the journey to that point? This story brings us from rebels to giggling schoolboys, and from Irish language activists to IRA pirate stations in Rathmines bedsits.

Keep washing those hands.

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