Editing Pirate radio in Ireland (section)

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'''Pirate radio in Ireland''' has had a long history, with hundreds of [[pirate radio station]]s having operated within the country.

Due to past lax enforcement of the rules, the lack of commercial radio until 1989, and the small physical size of the country, [[pirate radio]] stations proliferated for a number of years.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} A small number of stations also attempted [[Pirate_television|television]] broadcasts although most of these ventures were short-lived.