The founder of a pirate radio station in Dublin, Eamon 'Captain' Cooke, has lost his appeal against his conviction on 42 counts of indecent assault against two young girls in the 1970s.

An application brought by sex offender Eamonn Cooke to be furnished with a yet-to-be-published book written by a girl whom he was convicted of sexually assaulting as part of his appeal against his conviction and 10-year jail sentence he received has been struck out at the Court of Criminal Appeal.