{"id":3837,"date":"2021-04-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2021-04-03T10:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T09:48:35","slug":"interview-with-aidan-cooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-with-aidan-cooney\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Aidan Cooney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9453\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3837-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Interview-With-Aidan-Cooney.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Interview-With-Aidan-Cooney.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Interview-With-Aidan-Cooney.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\/2021\/03\/Interview-With-Aidan-Cooney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3837-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Interview-With-Aidan-Cooney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Interview-With-Aidan-Cooney.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Aidan-Cooney-Sunshine-Review-1985-cu-1.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Aidan Cooney\" class=\"wp-image-3838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Aidan-Cooney-Sunshine-Review-1985-cu-1.jpg 693w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Aidan-Cooney-Sunshine-Review-1985-cu-1-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><figcaption>Aidan Cooney as pictured in the Sunshine Radio Review from 1985 (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Aidan Cooney is another well-known broadcaster who spent many years in the pirates up to 1989. In this interview, he recalls his earliest memories of and involvement with the 1970s Dublin pirates. &#8216;Aidan Jay&#8217;, as he was known, started his broadcasting career with ARD and Radio Dublin from 1978 when he was just 16 and still at school. Other pirates where he worked in the 1980s included Radio Leinster, Sunshine Radio and Treble TR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the licensing of the independent sector in 1989, Aidan has been a familiar name on commercial radio and television and is currently a presenter on Dublin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.q102.ie\/on-air\/aidan-cooney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Q102<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crofton-Radio-257-Mike-Maloney-1024x747.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Aidan Cooney\" class=\"wp-image-3850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crofton-Radio-257-Mike-Maloney-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crofton-Radio-257-Mike-Maloney-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crofton-Radio-257-Mike-Maloney-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crofton-Radio-257-Mike-Maloney.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>ARD at the Crofton Hotel, L-R: listener, Bryan Lambert, Mike Maloney (photo courtesy of Dave Reddy). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was conducted by Dave Daly in 2017. 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