Pirate Predator: 02 - The Innocent
Pirate Predator
RTÉ Documentary on One
4.4 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Having spent much of his youth and early adult life in some serious tangles with the law, all of a sudden, Eamon Cooke turns the other cheek. It’s as if he was trying to build a shield of protection around himself while at the same time committing the most serious crimes against children. And then he sets his eyes on an even better cover - taking over the pirate station, Radio Dublin.
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Credits: Pirate Predator is hosted by Peter Mulryan. The series is written, recorded and produced by Peter Mulryan, Nicoline Greer, Shauna McGreevy and Liam O'Brien. Original music soundtrack is composed and performed by Alma Kelliher with Ste Carolan on guitars. Sound design is by Damian Chennells. Audio Product Support is by Nigel Wheatley and Áine McManus. Design and creatives by Sorcha Kelly and Mark Hennessy. Marketing by Christopher Hayes, Maria Buckley and Hilary O'Callaghan. Promos by Liz Ivory. Publicity by Kate Smyth. Additional online editorial content by Anna Joyce.
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| 0:00.0 | An RTE podcast series. |
| 0:02.0 | He was running Ireland's most successful pirate radio station. |
| 0:06.0 | This is Radio Dublin on two by... |
| 0:08.0 | But behind closed doors, what was Aymann Cook capable of? |
| 0:12.0 | The abuse was gradual. |
| 0:14.0 | We had no idea of how ruthless he was. |
| 0:16.0 | The full and disturbing story of serial child abuser Aiman Cook. |
| 0:20.0 | This series encores new victims |
| 0:22.0 | that have remained silent until now. |
| 0:24.7 | Pirate Predator. |
| 0:26.1 | Listen on RTE Radio Player |
| 0:27.6 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.5 | When we went looking for information |
| 0:33.9 | on Aymn Cook, |
| 0:35.8 | we found this curious article in the newspaper archives. |
| 0:41.0 | Sunday Independent, March 11, 1973. Calling Alpha 7, the crime buster who goes to war in a jag. |
| 0:50.5 | Nightly, a cold black jaguar car switches into the centre of Dublin from a south city suburb. |
| 0:56.5 | Eamon Cook, who we now know was a paedophile and a radio boss, had yet another identity. |
| 1:04.0 | Behind the wheel is Dublin's crime buster extraordinaire, and the Guard of Sheikana's unofficial secret weapon in their war in the city's criminals. |
| 1:12.9 | His name is Aiman Cook. |
| 1:15.8 | Slightly built and only five foot eight inches, he has in fact set himself up as a vigilante |
| 1:21.7 | to help Gardee fight the housebreakers, car hijackers and a host of other forms of crime. |
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