May 18, 2026 · 32 min · 16 segments
Having spent much of his youth and early adult life in some serious tangles with the law, all of a sudden, Eamon Cooke turns the other cheek. It’s as if he was trying to build a shield of protection…
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"It was coming up to Christmas, and an informer told detectives the thief was anxious to get rid of the silver for cash."
"One night it was arranged that I would be introduced to him as a prospective buyer.
I met him as arranged in Smithfield, and we agreed to do a deal.
It was agreed that I would go back for the money to my house.
Instead, I went back to Kevin Street Station and cleaned out the boot of my car of the spare wheel, et cetera."
Cooke said he was paid about 20 pounds for his expertise in Operation Silver Man, roughly a week's wages for a Garda back then.
"Then the two detectives who set up the job hid themselves in the boot, and I drove back with the money to the thief.
When the stage came for handing over the silver for the money, I insisted he put it in a suitcase and place it himself in the boot.
Of course, when we opened the boot, the two detectives jumped out and arrested the crook, who was just standing there with the big bag of silver in his arms."
"It was coming up to Christmas, and an informer told detectives the thief was anxious to get rid of the silver for cash."
"One night it was arranged that I would be introduced to him as a prospective buyer.
I met him as arranged in Smithfield, and we agreed to do a deal.
It was agreed that I would go back for the money to my house.
Instead, I went back to Kevin Street Station and cleaned out the boot of my car of the spare wheel, et cetera."
Cooke said he was paid about 20 pounds for his expertise in Operation Silver Man, roughly a week's wages for a Garda back then.
"Then the two detectives who set up the job hid themselves in the boot, and I drove back with the money to the thief.
When the stage came for handing over the silver for the money, I insisted he put it in a suitcase and place it himself in the boot.
Of course, when we opened the boot, the two detectives jumped out and arrested the crook, who was just standing there with the big bag of silver in his arms."
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