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Gary Deering

Gary Deering

Guest on RTÉ Documentary on One's Pirate Predator podcast; Dublin-based Irish history enthusiast

Jun 1, 2026

25:09
So his trips to Radio Dublin studios are strong childhood memories.
25:13
There'd be a youth leader, maybe two youth leaders there.
25:16
There'd be maybe 5, 10 kids, if I remember right.
25:19
You walked in the front door of Radio Dublin, and you turn right, and it was a heavy steel door, like into the old living room of the house.
25:25
And then right again was, there was a desk, and that's where the DJs would've kind of broadcast from.
25:42
Gary was lucky that he never crossed paths with Cooke when he was there, but can see how dangerous the scenario was for children.
25:50
Couldn't believe that we were so close to him as children and going there as part of a youth club, you know? But I just, when I read about it years later, it put a shiver up my spine because you think, you were just, as children, you were like lambs to the slaughter.
26:03
You were just walking up there.
25:09
So his trips to Radio Dublin studios are strong childhood memories.
25:13
There'd be a youth leader, maybe two youth leaders there.
25:16
There'd be maybe five, 10 kids, if I remember right.
25:19
You walked in the front door of Radio Dublin, and you turn right, and it was a heavy steel door, like into the old living room of the house.
25:25
And then right again was, there was a desk, and that's where the DJs would've kind of broadcast from.
25:42
Gary was lucky that he never crossed paths with Cooke when he was there, but can see how dangerous the scenario was for children.
25:50
Couldn't believe that we were so close to him as children and going there as part of a youth club, you know? But I just, when I read about it years later, it put a shiver up my spine because you think, you were just, as children, you were like lambs to the slaughter.
26:03
You were just walking up there.

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