Pirate Predator: 04 - Secrets and Lies
Pirate Predator
RTÉ Documentary on One
4.4 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
With Eamon Cooke at the helm of Radio Dublin, his true image begins to emerge. When child abuse allegations are brought to light, it's hoped that will put a stop to his behaviour. But Captain Cooke grows even bolder and sets out to bury the truth. This is also at a time when he begins to befriend Jimmy Saville...
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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. Legal advice from Trish Whelan and Deirdre Kelly. 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 that have remained silent until now. |
| 0:24.7 | Pirate Predator. Listen on RTE Radio Player or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.1 | April 1978, Dublin's most successful pirate radio station had suddenly and dramatically been brought to its knees |
| 0:40.8 | when its captain, Eamon Cook, was accused of child abuse. |
| 0:46.3 | My reputation as such certainly has been robbed into the ground and made mud up, |
| 0:52.4 | but that is a minor consequence. |
| 0:54.7 | The most important thing is that this radio station, as such, survives. |
| 0:58.8 | Denying all the allegations live on Radio Dublin, |
| 1:03.2 | Eamon Cook totally twisted the truth. |
| 1:06.3 | They have brought the whole radio movement of Ireland into disrepute. |
| 1:11.3 | The only ones who are again from this are, of course, the department of course, in |
| 1:15.0 | telegraphs and RTE. |
| 1:17.2 | By the time Cook took to the airwaves with his Dyer Trad, |
| 1:21.1 | Chauvonne's family already knew the truth because the local priest had heard her recorded |
| 1:26.9 | testimony of Cook's abuse. |
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