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Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Special from 2023-12-11T22:00
Derek is joined by Éanna Ní Lamhna, Researcher Michele Browne, Niall Hatch, Terry Flanagan and Richard Collins for this years Chrsitmas Special.
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 8th February 2021 from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.674678
We talk to Dr Colin Lawton of NUIG about controlling the population of Grey Squirrels using oral contraception. Terry Flanagan talks to Susan O' Donohue about her online children's book GOLDEN WING...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 1st March 2021 from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.662564
Our team of reporters are primed for action - out and about in various locations around the country and they’re ready to bring us a flavour of what’s happening where they are – in our MOONEY GOES W...
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Mooney Goes Wild - 'Spring into Nature' Quiz from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.659512
At this time of year there is a lovely stretch in the evening, birds are singing and bulbs are sprouting. So we decided to celebrate with the Mooney Goes Wild - Spring into Nature Quiz!
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Mooney Goes Wild - Monday 5th April 2021 from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.585497
We launch out shout out for cuckoos campaign. Join the Mooney goes wild army of citizen scientists. Jim Wilson and Niall Hatch talk about Sand Martins and discuss the benefits of artificial sand...
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The Dawn Chorus Part Three from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.554113
The White Storks of Rühstädt in Germany - In this special edition of Mooney Goes Wild Derek travels to the picturesque village of Rühstädt in Germany.
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The Dawn Chorus Part Two from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.551716
In this special Mooney Goes Wild programme, Derek snuggles up with the Common Eider.
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The Dawn Chorus Part One from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.549553
The Curlew was once a common and familiar sight in the Irish landscape, breeding in upland bogs and traditional meadows in the summer, then flocking to coastal estuaries, beaches and mudflats in th...
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The Dawn Chorus 2021 - FULL SHOW from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.546818
Welcome to our annual marathon broadcast of the Dawn Chorus. For six hours here on RTÉ Radio 1 and across Europe with our partners in the European Broadcasting Union we will take you on a magical j...
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The 'No Mow' Lawn from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.466396
Niall McAuley joins Derek to talk about his YouTube channel NiallGardens and his 'no mow lawn'
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Save Our Oceans to Protect Our Health from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.463037
Dr. Easkey Britton is based outside Westport, from where she joined Éanna Ní Lamhna, Richard Collins and Niall Hatch.
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Mooney Goes Wild LIVE - Full Show - 6th June 2021 from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.394034
On today's show Derek talks about tame robins, Terry Flanagan on the midge, Dr Easkey Britton on cleaning our oceans and Niall McAuley joins Derek in studio to talk about 'no mow' lawns.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Dawn Chorus Special - 7th June 2021 from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.390889
Join Derek and the team as they take a look back to this years Dawn Chorus programme.
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Mooney Goes Wild - 2nd August 2021 from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.290082
We talk to Joe Freeley from Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, who breeds, rears and trains doves, Terry Flanagan goes looking for Owls in the Phoenix Park and we go counting butterflies with Rose Cremin from ...
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Mooney Goes Wild from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.283764
The first Common Cranes to hatch in Ireland in more than 300 years, Sulawesi Babbler: what can a drab Indonesian songbird tell us about evolution in Ireland? Sounds from the deep with the Humpback ...
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Mooney Goes Wild - Repeat from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.242701
Tonight on a very special episode of Mooney Goes Wild we are dedicating our programme to the wonderful world of birds. Joining Derek to share their experiences, inspirations and favourite avian new...
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A Mooney Goes Wild Special: Dürer's Rhinoceros (Repeat) from 2022-03-07T11:24:24.184454
In this special one-hour Mooney Goes Wild documentary, we delve into the history of Dürer's Rhinoceros
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A Mooney Goes wild Speical: Dürer's Rhinoceros (Repeat) from 2022-02-27T12:00
In this special one-hour Mooney Goes Wild documentary, we delve into the history of Dürer's Rhinoceros.
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 1st February 2021 from 2022-02-22T03:50:31.553652
We hear about plans to transform part of the Dublin mountains to make them more people friendly. We'll update you on our wildlife photography competition which is attracting thousands of entries......
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Mooney Goes Wild programme summary – Sunday 20th February 2022 from 2022-02-20T12:00
Derek is joined by Jim Wilson, Niall Hatch and Eric Dempsey to discuss the many topics within tonights show.
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Mooney Goes Wild Special - The Curlew from 2022-02-02T06:42:44.445713
It would be tragic if the Curlew were to disappear from our landscape forever. Urgent conservation work is underway to pinpoint the reasons for the bird’s decline and to develop the most effective ...
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The Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Book Special from 2022-01-31T15:15:33.886696
This is our Christmas gift special – and this year our focus is firmly on books. Today the team will be bringing you a super range of ideas for presents all inspired by the natural world. So sit ...
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A Mooney Goes wild Speical: Dürer's Rhinoceros from 2021-12-26T12:00
In this special one-hour Mooney Goes Wild documentary, we delve into the history of Dürer's Rhinoceros
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A Mooney Goes Wild Special: The Christmas Tree. from 2021-12-20T12:00
Another opportunity to hear a Mooney Goes Wild special about the history and traditions of The Christmas Tree.
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Mooney Goes Wild 070920 from 2021-12-18T03:44:46.446342
On this week's show we take a look at Dragonfly numbers, Northern Fulmars and plastic pollution and Terry takes a look at Moths in Áras an Uachtaráin.
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Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Gift Special from 2021-12-13T12:00
On tonight’s special edition of Mooney Goes Wild, join Derek Mooney, Richard Collins, Éanna Ní Lamhna, Terry Flanagan, Ken Whelan and Niall Hatch as they discuss their favourite wildlife-themed gif...
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Mooney Goes Wild Sunday 9th August 2020 from 2021-11-23T11:08:41.937589
We learn about the Otters on Dublin rivers, how scientists are using satellites to identify colonies of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, we meet the Irish farmer who says that Dung Beetles are the f...
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Second Chance Documentary: The White Storks of Rühstädt in Germany from 2021-11-10T10:17:08.288785
In this special edition of Mooney Goes Wild Derek travels to the picturesque village of Rühstädt in Germany.
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Mooney Goes Wild Sunday 2nd August 2020 from 2021-11-02T22:30:33.245540
Barry McMahon from UCD on controlling predators, Terry Flanagan spends a 'Day-cation' watching wildlife from a 'commercial' hide on a farm in Ballyfinn Co. Laois and Richard Collins hears about the...
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Mooney Goes Wild - Compilation from 2021-10-25T12:00
Join Derek this week as he looks back at some of the highlights from the show so far this year.
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Second Chance Documentary: The Cuckoo from 2021-10-04T15:13:26.135587
Love them or hate them, there is no denying that Cuckoos are very special birds indeed.Their behaviour and lifecycle is utterly unlike that of any other Irish or European bird, and their song has l...
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Mooney Goes Wild - Music and Bird Special from 2021-09-28T08:26:27.070657
Derek is joined by Dr. Richard Collins along with ornithologists Niall Hatch and 'The Birdman' Eric Dempsey for a musical special. They are joined by traditional music royalty Donal Lunny & Paddy...
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Mooney Goes Wild 070620 from 2021-08-28T02:32:32.270845
Wild Deer during a Pandemic with Damien Hannigan from the Irish Deer Commission, Richard Collins talks about Mute Swans transporting chicks on their backs, Alex Crawford from Sky News on plastic po...
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Mooney Goes Wild Special: The Swallow - From Egg To Africa from 2021-08-23T09:32:48.778158
First broadcast in 2004, in this radio documentary Eric Dempsey looks at the amazing journey of the swallow. The programme looks at the whole life cycle of Irish swallows, from the moment the adult...
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Mooney Goes Wild - 19th July 2021 from 2021-07-19T12:00
Joining Derek and team check out: Plant blindness: when you can't see the wood for the trees, Ireland's first dedicated bat hospital, warm blooded fish and are sharks really evolving to walk on dry...
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Mooney Goes Wild Special: The Common Eider from 2021-07-12T12:00
In this special Mooney Goes Wild programme, Derek snuggles up with the Common Eider.
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Mooney Goes Wild Live - 27th June 2021 from 2021-06-27T12:00
Derek is joined by Niall Hatch and Eric Dempsey in studio and they are joined by Terry Flanagan who is on the trail jackdaws along with Richard Collins and Éanna Ní Lamhna who join in from Malahide...
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Mooney Goes Wild – Summer Solstice Special from 2021-06-21T12:00
Welcome to a very special episode of Mooney Goes Wild, in which we celebrate this very day, the longest day of the year, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere: the Summer Solstice.
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Mooney Goes Wild Live - 20th June 2021 from 2021-06-20T12:00
This week Derek, Richard, Eanna and Niall talk to Terry Flanagan who checks out a hungry tree, Brian McCann who tells us about a Golden Eagle born in captivity and Ken Whelan on what salmon eyes te...
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The Eider Duck Special from 2021-06-17T05:08:48.800364
In this special Mooney Goes Wild programme, Derek snuggles up with the Common Eider.
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Mooney Goes Wild - 14th June 2021 from 2021-06-14T12:00
This week Derek and team take a look at Feral pigeons mating rituals, the Hermit Thrush, a pine marten is scared by a fox and they also take a look at the latest Dublin bay Biodiversity Plan.
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Mooney Goes Wild Live - 13th June 2021 from 2021-06-13T12:00
Join Derek, Éanna Ní Lamhna and Niall Hatch as they talk to Terry Flanagan about orchids, moths with Jim Wilson and Musical Moments from pianist Finghin Collins.
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Mooney Goes Wild - 31st May 2021 from 2021-05-31T12:00
Derek talk's to Mick Power from Coillte about illegal dumping, Sean McKeown from Fota Wildlife Park joins us to talk about their Natterjack Toad breeding project and Richard Collins and Niall Hatch...
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Mooney Goes Wild - Full Show - 30th May 2021 from 2021-05-30T12:00
Derek and team discuss why some birds walk while others hop. Terry Flanagan reports from Herbert Park on the mating behavior of Mallard&the aerobatic insect-catching Pied Wagtails. Dr Matthew Jeb...
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Hopping Birds and Mating Mallards from 2021-05-30T12:00
Derek and the team discuss why some birds walk while others hop. Terry Flannagan reports from Herbert Park on the mating behavior of Mallard&the aerobatic insect-catching Pied Wagtails.
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Legal Protection for Basking Sharks from 2021-05-30T12:00
Dr Simon Berrow tells us about a petition to have Basking Sharks protected in Irish waters.
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Photosynthesis from 2021-05-30T12:00
Dr Matthew Jebb, director of the National Botanic Gardens brings us up to date with the latest news on photosynthesis.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Full Show - 24th May 2021 from 2021-05-24T12:00
This week Derek is joined by Richard Collins and Niall Hatch and they are joined by director of the national botanic gardens, Dr Matthew Jebb who talks about the Hawthorn. They are also joined by P...
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Birds Singing in the Rain from 2021-05-24T12:00
Derek, Niall&Richard discuss bird song and why it is that some birds like'singing on the rain'while others keep a low profile. The Blackbird and the Mistle Thrush are two notables.
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The Hawthorn Tree from 2021-05-24T12:00
Dr Matthew Jebb, director of the national botanic gardens sings the praises of the Hawthorn tree also known as the May tree because its flowers bloom from early May to late June in Ireland. Specime...
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Bees and Plants from 2021-05-24T12:00
Professor Francis Ratnieks from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Sussex tells us about research into foraging bees and discloses why some plant species are dominated by bumble bees ...
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SWARMING BEES from 2021-05-23T12:00
Stephen Gallagher is founder of swarms.ie – an emergency team for swarming bees. He joins Derek in studio.
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An Post Endangered Species Stamps from 2021-05-23T12:00
An Post have issued two new stamps to mark Ireland's rare and dwindling natural wildlife. Angus Laverty is Public Affairs Manager with An Post and he joined us on the line.
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Gulls at Spencer Dock from 2021-05-23T12:00
Terry Flanagan goes to Spencer Dock in Dublin in search of gulls.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Monday 17th May 2021 from 2021-05-17T12:00
Assistant researcher in UCC Rachel Hayden, explains why the invasive Asian Hornet is a threat. Bord na Móna ecologist Mark McCorry brings us news of a nesting pair of common Cranes in the Midlands...
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Powerstown National School West Dublin from 2021-05-15T07:01:36.581633
Terry Flanagan went out to Powerstown Educate Together National School in West Co. Dublin, where he met up with teacher Luke Cape and his 5th class students.
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Bewick's Swans from 2021-05-15T07:01:36.572865
Berwick's Swan numbers have dropped from a couple of thousand in the 1980's to just 21 five years ago. This decline is primarily due to climate change as they normally migrate from Russia - but ar...
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Reintroducing Beavers from 2021-05-15T07:01:36.571827
Mark Eilliot of the Devon Wildlife Trust joins Derek from Plymouth accompanied by Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer from a remote log cabin in Aberdeenshire. And joining Derek in studio Ferdia Marnell, H...
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Mooney Goes Wild - FULL SHOW - 26th April 2021 from 2021-04-26T12:00
This week includes Declan Murphy talking about his new book -'The Spirit of the River', Eric Dempsey on his memoir, 'Don't Die in autumn' being produced as an audiobook, Terry Flanagan on Sparrows ...
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THE SPIRIT OF THE RIVER - Declan Murphy from 2021-04-26T12:00
Declan Murphy joins us to talk about his new book - "The Spirit of the River" and he joins us from that same river - the Avonmore near Laragh, County Wicklow.
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Don't Die in Autumn - Eric Dempsey from 2021-04-26T12:00
Eric Dempsey joins Derek to talk about his memoir, 'Don't Die in Autumn' which will be released on the 1st of May as an audiobook.
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Sparrows - Terry Flanagan from 2021-04-26T12:00
Terry Flanagan joins Derek from his back garden where he spends a lot of time observing sparrows.
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THE STICK THROWING CROW from 2021-04-26T12:00
There have been many theories about the stick throwing Hooded Crow at John Reidy's house in Kerry. Joining us this week we have the children of St Mary's Boys National School in Booterstown, Dublin...
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Looking Forward to Dawn Chorus 2021 from 2021-04-26T12:00
Derek, Jim Wilson and Niall Hatch look ahead to the Dawn Chorus on Sunday 2nd May 0100-0700 on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Monday 19th April 2021 from 2021-04-19T12:00
John Reidy gives us an update on the door bashing HOODED CROW at his home in Kerry. Ashling de Barra sent in a video of a Jackdaw taking mouthfuls of hair from a cow's back. Éanna ní Lamhna talk's ...
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Noise Pollution and Marine Life - Simon Berrow from 2021-04-19T12:00
Dr Simon Berrow, chief scientific officer with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group talks about noise pollution in our oceans and the impact it is having on marine life.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Monday 12th April 2021 from 2021-04-12T12:00
On today's show Éanna launches her new book, a crow attacks a glass door with a stick, Ken Whelan talks about rivers, we look at noise pollution in our oceans, we have a look at our cuckoo counti...
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Mooney Goes Wild 04 11 19 from 2021-04-06T04:14:44.059465
We check out bats with Emma Teeling, take a look at the North Pacific right whale, there will be some picky eating fish and we take a look closer to home with how climate change will effect common ...
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Climate Change and Common Birds from 2021-04-06T04:14:44.058860
Dr Thomas Reed is a senior Lecturer in Zoology at University College Cork and he is looking into how rapid warming could effect birds that we would see in our back garden.
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Dietary Conservatism in Fish from 2021-04-06T04:14:44.058212
Terry Flanagan meets up with Sam Preston from the Dept of Zoology in Trinity College Dublin, who is researching dietary conservatism in fish.
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The North Pacific Right Whale from 2021-04-06T04:14:44.057571
For the first time marine biologists have recorded singing by one of the rarest whales on the planet - the north Pacific right whale. Jessica Crance is Fisheries Marine Biologist with the US scie...
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Bats - Emma Teeling from 2021-04-06T04:14:44.056974
Dr. Richard Collins meets up with Professor Emma Teeling from the School of Biology and Environmental Science at Trinity College Dublin to talk about her research into bats.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Monday 29th March 2021 from 2021-03-29T12:00
This week Derek, Éanna and Richard discuss the Monkey Puzzle tree and they are joined by Director of Fota Wildlife Park - Sean McKeown, Niall Hatch on the rediscovery of the Black Browed Babbler, F...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 22nd March 2021 from 2021-03-22T12:00
Terry Flanagan reports on Ladybirds. Dublin student Liam Corcoran talks about the photograph he took of a Mandarin Duck which he entered into the RTÉ Eye on Nature competition. Éanna ni Lámhna e...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 15th March 2021 from 2021-03-15T12:00
We take a look at the 12 finalists in the RTÉ EYE ON NATURE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION. Niall Hatch on why birds line their nests with moss, feathers and sheep’s wool and we look ahead to a two part...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 22nd February 2021 from 2021-02-22T12:00
Derek,Éanna, Richard&Matthew Jebb discuss why a Snowdrop is called a Snowdrop. Eric Dempsey goes in search of Dublin's Brent Geese. Terry Flanagan on the'lookdown'hobby that became a small busin...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 16th February 2021 from 2021-02-15T12:00
This week Derek and panel discuss a Baltimore frog invasion, some bestial boredom, back garden bird feeding and skeletal deconstruction in the Natural History Museum.
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Second Chance Documentary: The White Storks of Rühstädt in Germany from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this special edition of Mooney Goes Wild Derek travels to the picturesque village of Rühstädt in Germany.
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The Easter Bunny from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr Richard Collins explores the Easter Bunny, in a feature first broadcast in April 2006.
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Brigid Barron's Black Headed Gulls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brigid Barron recorded some Black Headed Gulls recently in Co Clare just before a storm.
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Áras an Uachtaráin - Bio-diversity Audit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Just before Christmas, our reporter, Terry Flanagan, headed off to Áras an Uachtaráin to meet up with Prof. Paul Dowding to catch up on the bio-diversity audit commissioned by President Michael D H...
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The Mooney Goes Wild - Christmas Present Special! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Join Derek Mooney, Éanna Ní Lamhna, Richard Collins, Niall Hatch, Sheila O'Callaghan, John Bela Reilly, Terry Flanagan and Eric Dempsey for the Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Present Special.
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Ireland's Tree of the Year from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eanna talk's about The Witches Yew in Blarney Castle which has been declared Ireland’s official tree of the year by the Irish Tree Council.
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Whingchats - Terry Flanagan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aimeé Grey is currently doing a PH. D study on Whinchats in University College Dublin’s School of Agriculture & Food Science. The Whinchat winters in Africa & arrives in Ireland in early summer. Th...
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Mooney Goes Wild Special: Launch of Herbarium from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh presents this weeks Special, celebrating the opening of the Herbarium in Focus exhibition at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. Joining Blathnaid are: Dr. Richard Collin...
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Mooney Goes Wild 230919 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joining Derek and Richard in studio are marine biologist Ken Whelan who tell us about his visit to the 2019 World Salmon Forum and documentary film maker Tom Burke who talks about his new documenta...
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2019 World Salmon Forum - Ken Whelan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ken Whelan joins Derek to talk about his trip to Seattle, Washington for the 2019 World Salmon Forum.
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Losing Alaska - Tom Burke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Documentary film maker Tom Burke joins Derek in studio to talk about his new documentary 'Losing Alaska'.
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Wildlife Rehab - Terry Flanagan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Terry Flanagan went along to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland conference at Sonairte in Meath.
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Mooney Goes Wild 160919 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Presented by Michael Comyn: John Sweeney talks about fires in the Amazon Rainforest. John Bela Reilly reports on Botanic Imperialism. We talk about cycads on the Isle of Wight & Dr. Jenny Oates tal...
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Amazon Rainforest Fires from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joining us on the line to discuss the full environmental consequences of the Amazon rainforest blaze is John Sweeney, Emeritus Professor of Geography at Maynooth University and Climatologist.
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Botanical Imperialism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Botanical Imperialism" is the intriguing title of a new series of guided walks in the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin taking place on Saturdays over the coming weeks. John Bela Reilly went t...
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Cycads on the Isle of Wight from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two cycads have produced cones of both sexes on the cliffs of a botanic garden on the Isle of Wight. The island is warmer than most parts of the UK. Botanists are saying that this is another clear ...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 25th January 2021 from 2021-01-25T12:00
Dr Matthew Jebb talks about the Venus Fly trap. Niall Hatch reports from BirdWatch Ireland's East Coast Nature Reserve. We hear about an online course for beginner beekeepers, Terry Flanagan invest...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 18 January 2021 from 2021-01-18T12:00
On this week's show: the Troubling decline of Curlew numbers in Ireland, myths about birds and why do birds wash themselves? John Reilly with an update on our photographic competition. We talk t...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 11th January 2021 from 2021-01-11T12:00
We launch the RTÉ Eye on Nature photographic competition. Jenny Branigan reports on BirdWatch Ireland’s annual garden bird survey. We ask how Ring-neck Parakeets are becoming regular visitors t...
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Mooney Goes Wild Áras an Uachtaráin Special from 2020-12-28T12:00
Join Terry Flanagan as he documents a year long biodiversity audit of Áras an Uachtaráin.
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Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Tree Special from 2020-12-21T12:00
Join Derek and friends as they look into the intriguing history of the Christmas Tree.
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The Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Quiz from 2020-12-14T12:00
On today's show, our expert panel pose the questions in the Mooney Goes Wild Christmas Quiz. All you need to take part is a pen and paper. The questions and answers will be given during this eveni...
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Mooney Goes Wild November 30th 2020 from 2020-11-30T12:00
Éanna Ní Lamhna has a look at hedgerows, John Bela Reilly talks to Melanie Croce who makes the link between tree planting and protecting Ireland's wild seal population, Jenny Branigan takes part in...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 23rd November 2020 from 2020-11-23T12:00
Joining Derek this week we have John 'Bela' Reilly talking about social media and 'Lazarus the Bluetit', RTE's Jamie Doyle on soil film 'Kiss the Ground', Richard Collins and Matthew Jebb on plants...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 26th October 2020 from 2020-10-26T12:00
Environmental scientist Rowan Byrne give us an update on the Sea-bins in Howth. Dr Elena Dreosti from University College London asks "Is Lockdown loneliness making us loners"? Terry Flanagan on ...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 19th October 2020 from 2020-10-19T12:00
Marine Scientist Ken Whelan on Eels and the Saragossa Sea. Niall Hatch reports on the record breaking Bar-Tailed Godwit. Terry Flanagan answers listeners questions about Hedgehogs and scientists in...
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Mooney Goes Wild - Wolf Special from 2020-09-28T12:00
Wolves have suffered from centuries of demonisation – so talk of reintroduction and boosting their populations is inevitably met with resistance – with opponents particularly worried about the thre...
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 21st September 2020 from 2020-09-21T12:00
Fresh water pearl mussels. The Blessington Street swans. The proposed ban on lead shot for use in the hunting wetland birds and the foul mouthed parrots abusing visitors to Lincolnshire wildlife park.
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Mooney Goes Wild Monday 14th September 2020 from 2020-09-14T12:00
This week Derek and gang take a look at the curious world of parasitic plants, the catastrophic decline of wildlife and the new survey of Clare Island.
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Mooney Goes Wild 310820 from 2020-08-31T12:00
This week we have Skeletal Deconstruction at the Natural History Museum, Bats in Co. Laois and Curlew Chicks on the Shores of Lough Neagh.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Waterways Special from 2020-08-24T12:00
Join Derek and friends for a special celebrating Ireland's beautiful waterways.
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Mooney Goes Wild Sunday 16th August 2020 from 2020-08-16T12:00
On today's programme , The language of Butterflies, Wendy Williams tells us about her new book. Terry Flanagan investigates the establishment of PAW an organisation set up to fight wildlife crime i...
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Mooney Goes Wild - Second Chance Documentary: Carl Linnaeus from 2020-08-10T12:00
Derek and Dr. Richard Collins embarked on a Linnaean pilgrimage in 2007, visiting Sweden and Holland to make a radio documentary on the great man.
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Mooney Goes Wild Sunday 26th July 2020 from 2020-07-26T12:00
We meet the artist whose sculpture of Grey Herons was stolen from Cobh in County Cork. We learn about a new species of Mayfly to Ireland. Prof Emma Teeling on BATS potentially holding the key to u...
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Mooney Goes Wild Sunday July 19th 2020 from 2020-07-19T12:00
Terry reports on the Brown Booby that landed on the beach in Greystones. Derek meets two conservationists from New Zealand who are looking after the Roseate Tern Colony on Rockabill. Dr Richard Col...
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Second Chance Documentary: The Blue Whale from 2020-07-13T12:00
This is the story of Hope also known as the Wexford Blue Whale which became stranded on Swanton Sandbank at the mouth of Wexford Harbour in 1891.
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Mooney Goes Wild - Seabird Special from 2020-07-12T12:00
On today's programme we’re going to celebrate Ireland’s abundance of seabirds. As an island nation we have a coastline that measures 3,171 kilometres – with no fewer than 246 offshore islands – per...
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Mooney Goes Wild Sunday 28th June 2020 from 2020-06-28T12:00
The mystery of the Short Tailed Shearwater that breeds in Australia and Tasmania but one was discovered on a beach in County Waterford. We hear about the damage caused to the marine environment by...
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Mooney Goes Wild 210620 from 2020-06-21T12:00
Terry updates us on the Mute Swan families on the Northside of Dublin. Marine Biologist Emma Ridley talk's about SUPER DIEGO, the giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands. Niall Hatch & Dr Stephen N...
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Mooney Goes Wild 140620 from 2020-06-14T12:00
Derek talks to Jenny Lambert (Sunday World) & Niall Hatch (BirdWatch Ireland) about the MOONEY'S BIRD DETECTIVES booklet. Elaine O'Riordan from NUI Galway talks about a 'Citizen Scientists' hedgeho...
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Mooney Goes Wild 250520 from 2020-05-25T12:00
Derek, Richard Collins and Niall Hatch discuss Imprinting in Mute Swans. We hear about Hedgehog mortality on our motorways and exploring Ireland's landscape, Carlow based playwright & novelist John...
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Mooney Goes Wild Full Show from 2020-04-13T12:00
Derek chats with Niall Hatch of BirdWatch Ireland about the Blue tit nest box in Derek's garden and the different nesting strategies adopted by birds. Dr Richard Collins explores the Easter Bunny a...
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The Blue Tit and Nesting from 2020-04-13T12:00
Derek chats with Niall Hatch of BirdWatch Ireland about the Blue tit nest box in Derek's garden and the different nesting strategies adopted by birds.
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Mooney Goes Wild 230320 from 2020-03-23T12:00
On this week's show: Éanna talks about National Tree Week, Re-introducing the European Crane to Donegal, Brigid's Black Headed Gulls and 5 million Bee's in Athlone.
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National Tree Week from 2020-03-23T12:00
National Tree Week has been postponed but that didn't get in the way as Éanna always likes to talk about trees.
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Re-introducing the European Crane to Donegal from 2020-03-23T12:00
Derek is joined by Killian McLaughlin, who’s added two pairs of European Crane to the Wild Ireland Reserve in Inishowen.
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Ruairi O'Leochain's Bee's from 2020-03-23T12:00
Ruairi O'Leochain's ambition is to introduce no fewer than five million bees to an area around Athlone. Derek recently met Ruairi at his apiary on the outskirts of the town.
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Better Ballymun Day of Action from 2020-03-23T12:00
The Better Ballymun Day of Action recently occurred and we sent John 'Bela' Reilly along to find out more.
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Mooney Goes Wild Full Show 240220 from 2020-02-24T12:00
Joining Derek this week we have: Éanna Ní Lamhna, Dr. Richard Collins, Paul O'Brien from the Federation of Irish Beekeepers, translocating Hares with Terry Flanagan and Con Farrell and John Lusby o...
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Bumblebees Decline from 2020-02-24T12:00
About a third of Ireland’s 21 species are critically endangered and their loss would trigger a wider emergency for food production, and indeed wildlife. Paul O’Brien is President of the Federation...
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Translocating Hares from 2020-02-24T12:00
A couple of years ago Terry Flanagan went to Dublin Airport with wildlife conservationist Con Farrell and his team where they rounded up a number of Hares which were then translocated away to new h...
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Nightjars Rediscovered in Munster from 2020-02-24T12:00
John Lusby, Conservation Officer at Birdwatch Ireland joins Derek in studio to tell us that its forgotten and fabled call was heard again recently.
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Mooney Goes Wild Full Show 170220 from 2020-02-17T12:00
On this weeks show Derek looks ata female Hen Harrier dead in Meath, Terry with some bird feeding in Julianstown and Cappabue National School have their say on the environment.
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Female Hen Harrier Dead in Meath from 2020-02-17T12:00
A female Hen Harrier with a tracking device has been found dead in a field in Meath. Niall Hatch - Development Officer with BirdWatch Ireland joins Derek in studio – and they are also joined on the...
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Bird Feeding in Julianstown from 2020-02-17T12:00
Niamh Ní Loinsigh from Julianstown in Co. Meath – has been in touch to tell us about how she feeds the birds in her garden. Terry Flanagan went along to find out more.
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Cappabue National School from 2020-02-17T12:00
The children from Cappabue National School were so appalled by what they found on the beach while participating in a clean up of local beaches – that they turned the marine waste into an art projec...
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The Australian Wildfires from 2020-01-27T13:00
Derek is joined on the line from Queensland by Gabrielle Crowley who is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Environment and Earth Sciences Centre of Biodiversity and Conservation Science a...
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Mooney Goes Wild Full Show 200120 from 2020-01-27T12:00
As wildfires continue to rage in Australia - we measure the devastating toll they’re taking on the country’s ecosystem.And a new book celebrates the majestic elephant and laments its future. And Te...
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Mooney Goes Wild Full Show 130120 from 2020-01-13T13:00
Derek talks to Conor O'Brien about his new book: Ireland Through Birds. They are joined in studio by Dr. Richard Collins, Éanna Ní Lanhma and Ken Whelan. we find a strange insect in Tullamore and w...
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Ireland Through Birds from 2020-01-13T13:00
Derek talks to Conor O'Brien about his new book: Ireland Through Birds. They are joined in studio by Dr. Richard Collins, Éanna Ní Lanhma and Ken Whelan.
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Mysterious Insect from 2020-01-13T13:00
Mooney Goes wild listener Claire O'Connor from Tullamore in Co Offaly got in touch to find out about a strange insect that she found in her house.
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Mooney Goes Wild Climate Change Special from 2019-11-18T13:00
You join us this week from Maynooth University in Kildare where we debate issues around climate change with our panel of experts – and an invited audience of students who have a particular interest...
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Mooney Goes Wild Climate Special from 2019-11-11T13:00
In an extended edition of MOONEY GOES WILD, Derek and the team consider what many describe as the greatest threat facing our world today, Climate Change.
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Mooney Goes Wild 28 10 19 from 2019-10-28T13:00
Derek talks to Jacques Van Der Neut about Beavers in the Netherlands. Tara Adcock talks to Declan Murphy about Badgers. Donal Glackin on Otters in Galway and Terry Flanagan on the Great Yellow Bumb...
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Beavers in the Netherlands from 2019-10-28T13:00
Jacques Van Der Neut Neut is a wildlife ranger with the state forest service in the Netherlands. He was part of the team of scientists responsible for reintroducing beavers to that country thirty y...
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Badgers in Wicklow from 2019-10-28T13:00
Author Declan Murphy has set up cameras to closely observe the private lives of these fascinating animals at a sett in Wicklow – where he met wildlife enthusiast Tara Adcock.
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Otters in Galway from 2019-10-28T13:00
The Irish Wildlife Trust has been conducting a survey of Otters in the city of Galway. A number of volunteers have been going out looking for traces of Otter activity by looking for droppings along...
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On the Shoulders of Giants - Great Yellow Bumblebees from 2019-10-28T13:00
Niamh Phelan from the UCD School of Agriculture has been studying the Great Yellow Bumblebee for some time now. Mooney Goes Wild reporter Terry flanagan joined her to find out more.
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Mooney Goes Wild 21 10 19 from 2019-10-21T14:00
Humpback whales spotted off the south coast 20 years ago have been spotted together again in the same neck of the woods. Simon Berrow from the IWDG joins us in studio. Fisheries Marine Biologist Je...
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Humpback Whale Sighting from 2019-10-21T14:00
20 years after Eoin O’Mahony captured the stunning sight of three humpback whales on film at the Kinsale gas field the same two whales have been sighted together again in the same area. Simon Ber...
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Black Headed Gulls from 2019-10-21T14:00
Brian Burke works full-time with BirdWatch Ireland - but for the last few years he’s spent his holidays on Lough Ree - where in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Service – he trapped...
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Mooney Goes Wild 14 10 19 from 2019-10-14T14:00
On this weeks show: The Witches Yew in Blarney Castle – which has been declared Ireland’s official tree of the year. A conservation project to stem the country’s dropping Whinchat population and i...
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Robins and Noise from 2019-10-14T14:00
A new study shows that robins do not respond as fast when there is background interfering noise -- which could lead to unnecessary fights over territory. Dr Gareth Arnott is principle investigator ...
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Cicadas and Ants in France from 2019-10-14T14:00
Mooney Goes Wild producer Ana Leddy joins Derek in studio to talk about a strange noise from the garden when she was on holiday in France during the summer. They are also joined from our Limerick ...
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