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Neil Hayes

Writer

Jun 8, 2026

3:16
One day, when Eamonn Cooke was out, Neil was able to sneak in and take photos of Cooke's bedroom, which looks, well, dangerous.
3:26
It was quite a smelly room.
3:27
There was a bed in the corner.
3:29
Definitely a bed that hadn't seen sheets or duvets changed in an awful long time.
3:35
Just kind of moldy.
3:38
It had electric wires on the window to prevent entrance, like an electric fence running across the window, which I have pictures of here.
4:15
20 years after his first wife, Helena, died from touching a kettle in their home, the same danger now existed in Cooke's new Inchicore residence.
4:26
I remember one day making a cup of tea, and I went to the kitchen downstairs behind the studio, and I got an electric shock just from putting on the kettle, just from touching the area near the kettle in the kitchen.
22:18
You, yeah, you said.
22:19
Yeah, because I would've been one of the, one of the DJs and one of the people involved in the, in the radio.
22:25
And here he is before we set off.
22:28
This is Middle Abbey Street.
23:19
A BBC report into Savile's abuse found he used his caravans as the primary site for many of the rapes and serious sexual assaults he committed.
23:30
He was in a, a caravan when we got out to the, to the end of the walk.
23:35
He was in a caravan signing autographs.
23:37
And of course, we have first opportunity to get autographs 'cause we were part of the Radio Dublin crew.
22:18
You, yeah, you said.
22:19
Yeah, because I would've been one of the, one of the DJs and one of the people involved in the, in the radio.
22:25
And here he is before we set off.
22:28
This is Middle Abbey Street.
23:19
A BBC report into Savile's abuse found he used his caravans as the primary site for many of the rapes and serious sexual assaults he committed.
23:30
He was in a, a caravan when we got out to the, to the end of the walk.
23:35
He was in a caravan signing autographs.
23:37
And of course, we have first opportunity to get autographs 'cause we were part of the Radio Dublin crew.

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