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On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era, as the 30th anniversary of the 1988 closedowns approached. At the event we met Eddie Caffrey (aka Heady Eddie), one of the best-known people in radio … Continue reading ""https://pirate.ie/archive/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boyneside-visit-24-Apr-2019-1024x768.jpg