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SATNAV

Hi Guys

is anyone going to the event in Ballsbridge Hotel tomorrow 2-5pm celebrating 30 years of pirate radio .

Declan A Walsh

SATNAV wrote: »

Hi Guys

is anyone going to the event in Ballsbridge Hotel tomorrow 2-5pm celebrating 30 years of pirate radio .

Sounds interesting. I am puzzled though. Why 30 years? Pirates have been around in Ireland since the Easter Rising in 1916! No, seriously. It was during the latter half of the '60s that hobby horse pirates started popping up. Since the late '60s, certainly, up to the present year, every year has seen some pirates in Dublin at least.

Edit: Okay - I found out a bit more information about it. It's marking 30 years (or almost) since the big close down of most pirates in 1988 in Ireland. But it is worth pointing out that pirates have continued every year since, at least in Dublin anyway.

By the way, is the speaker Brian Greene the guy behind '90s northside pirate Radio Caroline?

This was alluded to by a presenter on Energy (AM) last weekend. Maybe one or more of the guys from Energy were involved in the close down of a pirate in 1988.

Ursus Horribilis

Brian Greene did an interview with Dave Fanning about the event last weekend. The podcast is here, if anyone's interested

Declan A Walsh

Did any of you go? How was it? Was there any notable radio presence there, i.e. radio industry people or people connected to pirates past or present?

Losty Dublin

I was there. Unless you had a special story to tell then no, there wasn't a lot of point in turning up. As I hadn't got a special story to tell then yeah, I wasted my time going

But there was a fair few heads there. Dobbo, donning a sticker on his check to tell us all who he was, was flashing around his Nova staff card and , Dr. Don and Heady Eddie were spinning yarns, Joe King was waving his camera around, Denis Murray stuck his head in the door while Eddie Bohan was taking edits for his long forthcoming book.

Antenna

Worth mentioning the associated exhibition is currently at
Cork city Library, Grand Parade, Cork, until Tuesday 11th December (library not open Sundays)


https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/culture/cork-exhibition-reliving-the-glory-days-of-pirate-radio-885442.html
https://radiotoday.ie/2018/11/irish-pirate-radio-exhibition-arrives-in-cork/

IrishHomer

http://pirate.ie

It's broadcasting live now online as well as am at weekends.

I'm enjoying it

real rocker

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Brian Greene did an interview with Dave Fanning about the event last weekend. The podcast is here, if anyone's interested

25,000 people protesting on the streets of O'Connell Street opines Dave. What does that mean exactly.