{"id":11735,"date":"2026-10-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2026-10-10T07:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T06:53:43","slug":"andy-rua-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/andy-rua-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Rua on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6161\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11735-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19830908_Sunshine_Radio_Andy_Rua_SG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19830908_Sunshine_Radio_Andy_Rua_SG.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19830908_Sunshine_Radio_Andy_Rua_SG.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19830908_Sunshine_Radio_Andy_Rua_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11735-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19830908_Sunshine_Radio_Andy_Rua_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830908_Sunshine_Radio_Andy_Rua_SG.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andy-Ruane-image-1985-1-1024x772.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Rua on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-11736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andy-Ruane-image-1985-1-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andy-Ruane-image-1985-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andy-Ruane-image-1985-1-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andy-Ruane-image-1985-1.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Ruane pictured as a &#8216;past pupil&#8217; in the Sunshine Review of 1985 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andy Ruane (Andy Rua, previously Paul Nicholas) worked on various Dublin pirates in the late 1970s and early 1980s before moving on to a career in RT\u00c9. Here he is in 1983 in the lunchtime slot on Portmarnock station Sunshine Radio. Cathy Cregan reads the main lunchtime news, which includes results from the abortion referendum of the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording was made from 101.5 FM between 1258 and 1343 on 8<sup>th<\/sup> September 1983 and is courtesy of Shay Geoghegan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Ruane (Andy Rua, previously Paul Nicholas) worked on various Dublin pirates in the late 1970s and early 1980s before moving on to a career in RT\u00c9. Here he is in 1983 in the lunchtime slot on Portmarnock station Sunshine Radio. 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