Editing Pirate radio in Ireland (section)

===Dublin===

====Radio Dublin====
[[Radio Dublin]] started in 1966 founded by Ken Sheehan, and peaked in the late 1970s and up unto the early 1980s until the arrival of Radio Nova and Sunshine radio whose professionalism and quality stereo reception left the station adrift in their wake in the subsequent years. Radio Dublin broadcast on [[Mediumwave|MW]], [[Shortwave|SW]] and [[Frequency modulation|FM]] simultaneously.

After [[Eamonn Cooke]] took over, Radio Dublin had ever increasing ambitions. It was the first radio station in the Republic of Ireland to complete a 24-hour broadcast, this on the occasion of the [[1977_Irish_general_election|Irish general election]] of June 1977. The broadcast was hosted by Roland Burke and David Moore and Bernard Evans.  The station ceased full-time operation shortly after the jailing of the station's then-owner [[Eamonn Cooke]] in 2003 for historic child sex offences many of which took place at the radio station.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Kennedy-McGuinness | first1=Siobhan | last2=Dunn | first2=Rosie | title=Playing in the Dark | publisher=Arrow | date=2011-06-01 | isbn=978-0-09-951994-2 | page=}}</ref>
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====Smaller stations of the late 1970s, early 1980s====
Other pirate stations in Dublin included Radio Dublin, Capitol Radio (Alternative Music station which from September 1986 had an alter ego station Nitesky 96FM), Big D, Radio City, TTTR (Country Music) and ARD (Alternative Radio Dublin - based in Drimnagh then at the Crofton Airport Hotel in Whitehall). Amongst the DJs at the Big D were Chris Wilkinson, Dennis Murray and Dj Shagnasty. Well-known names on radio and television that went through these smaller stations include [[Marty Whelan]], [[Gerry Ryan]], [[Dave Fanning]], John Paul, [[Ian Dempsey]] and Robbie Irwin.
North Dublin Community Radio (a forerunner to [[Near fm 90.3|NEAR FM]]), was a local community-based radio station, which operated in the Northside of Dublin broadcasting on 100&nbsp;MHz FM and on 1008&nbsp;kHz AM.<ref>[http://www.irishpirates.com/audio/wmv/ndcr.mp3 NDCR.mp3] www.irishpirates.com.</ref>

====1990s====
In the 1990s, a number of stations started, resumed or continued broadcasting despite legislation and occasional raids. Notable stations of this period included  Radio Dublin, Sunset, Kiss, Pulse, DLR, [[Phantom FM|Phantom]] and [[Radio Limerick One]].