Hannan the litter bug

Hannan exposed as ‘litter lout’

Limerick radio supremo Gerry Hannan has been exposed by the city council as one of the people convicted of littering in the city. Hannan, who both runs and broadcasts on local unlicensed station Radio Limerick One, is one of 128 people ‘named and shamed’ in a full page advertisement in this weekend’s Limerick Leader newspaper. He was fined €300 for throwing a cigarette butt on the pavement outside Browser’s bookstore, which he also runs. Unfortunately for Mr. Hannan, a litter inspector just happened to be passing at that exact time. Hannan told the Limerick Leader newspaper ‘it was the most expensive cigarette I ever smoked’. Also included in the list were city pubs the Old Quarter and Nevada Smiths.

Hannan is not a stranger to the limelight, in fact he seems to welcome controversy. He is one of Frank McCourt’s fiercest critics, claiming that McCourt’s book Angela’s Ashes is full of lies about Limerick and it’s people. He once challenged McCourt about his book on the Late Late Show.
Hannan runs Radio Limerick One, the station once headed by Ger Madden which lost it’s local radio license in 1996 but has continued unlicensed ever since. He also presents a nightly chat show on the station which is very popular, especially amongst the elderly. He was once prosecuted and fined IR£2000 for branding a named person ‘Little Hitler’ live on air. After this he was off air for a while before making a return and finally taking the running of the station over from Mr. Madden. RLO have recently lodged an expression of interest with the BCI in a bid to legitimise the station.