Dublin DJ gets ten years for 'horrendous' sexual assaults

The founder of the illegal Radio Dublin pirate station has been jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting young girls at his home some 30 years ago.

Eamonn "Captain" Cooke (aged 70), with addresses at Heatherview Avenue, Tallaght and Wheatfields Court Clondalkin was found guilty of 42 charges of sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court at the start of the month following a 16-day trial during which it was revealed his victims named him "the Cookie monster".