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Mooney Goes Wild
RTÉ Radio 1
100 episodes
3 days ago
Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. Listen live every Monday at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. Listen live every Monday at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Mooney Goes Wild
Are trees responsible for humans having fingerprints?
Derek is joined in studio by Eanna, Niall and Richard, who start the show with a fascinating discussion about how plants and other organisms influence evolution and the very course of life on our planet, including whether trees are responsible for the fingerprints of humans, chimps and koalas!
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3 days ago
9 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Domain of the Dinosaurs exhibition
Recently opened, Domain Of The Dinosaurs is the biggest fossil exhibition ever held in Ireland, and the first to feature Irish dinosaurs. Housed at the Glucksman at UCC, it features over 5 tonnes of material, including nine huge skeletal casts and over 250 real fossils of dinosaurs and other long-extinct creatures...
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3 days ago

Mooney Goes Wild
The Genius of Trees
In her new book The Genius of Trees, British tree science consultant Harriet Rix informs readers about the many things we owe to these remarkable plants that most of us never think about. Éanna Ní Lamhna spoke to Harriet about how trees have literally transformed our planet and their enormous influence on the ongoing evolution of life on Earth...
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3 days ago
19 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Why has a new invasive alien seaweed been appearing along our coasts?
Jim Wilson reports from Cork Harbour on the unexpected appearance of a new species of wire-like seaweed on the local mudflats; he talks to renowned Cork-based biologist Pat Smiddy, about this invasive alien species – the catchily named Agarophyton vermiculophyllum...
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3 days ago
12 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Autumn leaves feature on new seasonal stamps from An Post
The beauty of autumn leaves changing colour has been captured by An Post, thanks to its new seasonal stamp issue. Changing Leaves features three native species: Silver Birch, Rowan and Hawthorn. Terry Flanagan met with botanical artist Yanny Petters, who created the leaf images, and An Post's Anna McHugh, to find out more...
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3 days ago
11 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Nature On One: The Ring Ouzel
Classified as Red listed and a bird of high conservation value, The Ring Ouzel is thought to be down to a handful of breeding pairs in Ireland. Ornithologist Eric Dempsey reveals the story of this elusive species and the efforts being made to protect its fragile habitat.
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1 week ago
53 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
The Basking Shark Conference
Tonight, Terry Flanagan takes listeners beneath the surface of the International Basking Shark Conference, held at the Atlantic Technological University in Galway. The August event brought together scientists, conservationists, and ocean advocates from five continents.
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2 weeks ago
54 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Looking back at Eric Dempsey’s documentary about a very special bird: the Ring Ouzel
Earlier today, a very special documentary was broadcast on RTÉ Radio One as part of our Nature on One series. Presented by Eric Dempsey, its subject was one of Ireland’s most critically endangered breeding bird species: the Ring Ouzel, a close relative of the much more familiar Blackbird.
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3 weeks ago
2 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
BirdWatch Ireland’s Irish Garden Bird Survey
Of all of the ornithological surveys carried out by conservation charity BirdWatch Ireland, its annual Irish Garden Bird Survey is far and away the most popular. This winter’s survey season – its 37th – will kick off on Monday 1st December and will run until the end of February 2026.
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3 weeks ago
7 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Night Kayaking in Cork
Proud Corkonian Jim Wilson is a man who feels very much at home on the open waves. Back in July, Jim travelled to Castlehaven Harbour to go night kayaking with Naoise and Jim Kennedy from Atlantic Sea Kayaking. He recorded a truly captivating report for tonight’s programme.
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3 weeks ago
28 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Driven nuts by a crow
Our good friend Collie Ennis, Biodiversity Officer with Trinity College Dublin, was in touch recently to inform us of something unusual...a walnut struck him on the head! Rather than fall from a tree, the walnut had apparently been dropped by a Hooded Crow. Terry Flanagan went to investigate.
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3 weeks ago
13 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Ring Ring
Tonight’s programme opens with Derek rifling through the entire back catalogue of Swedish pop sensation ABBA for one of their earliest songs - Ring Ring. They make a surprise call to listener Elizabeth Carney in Sligo but only get her answering machine!
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1 month ago
3 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
The Hare's Corner
2025 marks the 5th anniversary of The Hare’s Corner, a Burrenbeo Trust initative that helps landowners create space for nature through new habitats. Terry Flanagan went to Staffordstown in Meath to meet farmers Michael and Penelope Monaghan, Hare’s Corner advisor Donna Mullen, and Michael’s mum Walburga, who tunes in to us weekly at the age of 107!
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1 month ago
12 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Slender-billed Curlew declared extinct and previewing 'The Ring Ouzel'
Very sadly, a migratory species of wading bird called the Slender-billed Curlew has formally been declared globally extinct by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and BirdLife International. Eric Dempsey talks about the lost bird and previews his upcoming documentary on The Ring Ouzel.
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1 month ago
15 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
A robin with a crooked beak and crows on the beach at Lissadell
Listener Robert Brown sent us a photo of a robin with a crooked beak and we finally get through to Elizabeth Carney, who has questions about groups of crows on a beach and sandhoppers.
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1 month ago
13 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Mary’s Mizen Weather
Michele Browne went to Mizen Head to meet Mary McCarthy (and her father Paddy) to talk about how fishermen of old would look to nature for signs of the weather. Mary reads these signs so well now, that people contact her for short term forecasts. You can hear a longer version of Michele's report on the website.
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1 month ago
5 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Creating roosting islands at Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve
BirdWatch Ireland's Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve in Cork has just added dedicated roosting islands for the wetland birds to sleep and shelter. Ornithologist Jim Wilson joins the programme to explain the additions.
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1 month ago
4 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
The Glossy Ibis
Listener Martin Murray from Waterford sent us in some lovely photos of a Glossy Ibis feeding. Ornithologist Eric Dempsey explains this interesting bird.
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1 month ago
11 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
The Secret Lives of Owls in Ireland
Though rarely seen, owls play a quiet but vital role in Ireland's ecosystem. The next featured talk in Killarney National Park's 'Autumn Talks Series 2025' will be 'The Secret Lives of Owls in Ireland'. Alan McCarthy, Barn Owl Project Officer with Birdwatch Ireland, will give the talk.
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1 month ago
18 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Birds at the Edward Worth Library
The Edward Worth Library is a rare books collection, bequeathed to Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, by Dr Edward Worth. It recently launched a web exhibition 'Birds at the Edward Worth Library' and Éanna Ní Lamhna was the speaker. Terry Flanagan went along to see this hidden treasure.
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1 month ago
12 minutes

Mooney Goes Wild
Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. Listen live every Monday at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.