He decides to set up a pirate radio station using equipment ' borrowed ' from his old workplace.
Because of Ireland's strict broadcast rules, a thriving pirate radio network grew in the country.
Of particular concern to the government were pirate radio stations that operated near the border with Northern Ireland and whose signals were picked up across the national border.
Despite the pressure to deal with those stations, the Irish government in general took a lax attitude towards enforcing laws against pirate radio stations and shutting them down.
One of the largest pirate radio station raids involved Radio Milinda in 1973.
