Mooney Goes Wild

Mooney Goes Wild Join us from 10pm to 11pm every Monday night on RTÉ Radio 1 Mooney Goes Wild is a wildlife and nature radio show, which will celebrate 20 years on air this May.

Presented by Derek Mooney, with regular contributors Dr. Richard Collins & Eanna ni Lamhna, the show is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 each Sunday from 10pm-11pm. This programme is repeated each Friday (on RTÉ Radio 1, from 4am-5am), and each Saturday morning on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra (from 10am-11am).

On Mooney Goes Wild at 10pm tonight: bats that eat robins, fossils in Phibsborough, Carsten Krieger on Ireland's peatlan...
15/12/2025

On Mooney Goes Wild at 10pm tonight: bats that eat robins, fossils in Phibsborough, Carsten Krieger on Ireland's peatlands (plus WIN a copy of his new book Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland's Peatlands), the greening of bus shelters in Ljubljana and seals in the River Liffey!

For more, see rte.ie/mooney

15/12/2025

The beauty of the bog.. with Carsten Krieger - Photographer & Author RTÉ Radio 1 Tonight @ 10 pm www.rte.ie/Mooney

12/12/2025

Were you born on New Year’s Day?
Any year, any time!

Derek Mooney is working on a special programme and wants to hear from you!
Email: mooney@rte

Join Derek & Maura on the RTÉ Today Show, on RTÉ One, today at 3.30pm!rte.ie/tv/todayRTÉ
12/12/2025

Join Derek & Maura on the RTÉ Today Show, on RTÉ One, today at 3.30pm!

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Join Derek & Maura on the RTÉ Today Show, on RTÉ One, today @ 3.30pm!rte.ie/tv/today
11/12/2025

Join Derek & Maura on the RTÉ Today Show, on RTÉ One, today @ 3.30pm!

rte.ie/tv/today

With less than three weeks to go till Christmas, have you picked out what gifts to get your loved ones? If you need some...
08/12/2025

With less than three weeks to go till Christmas, have you picked out what gifts to get your loved ones? If you need some inspiration, tune in to Mooney Goes Wild from 10pm tonight on RTÉ Radio 1 as our panel choose their top wildlife books! Plus, visit https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/mooney/2025/1208/1547835-competition-time/ for your chance to WIN one of five copies of Animalopedia or The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of The Irish Seashore, with thanks to Gill Books! Competition closes this Thursday at midnight, so get your entries in now!

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Coming up now on RTÉ Radio 1: cormorants on the Dodder, seals in the Liffey, a tailless red squirrel in Wicklow, waders ...
01/12/2025

Coming up now on RTÉ Radio 1: cormorants on the Dodder, seals in the Liffey, a tailless red squirrel in Wicklow, waders in Cork, hooded crows in Dublin, Garden Bird Survey and an Unnatural History of Animals! http://rte.ie/mooney

24/11/2025

Bernard Carey tells us about Ireland's largest oak tree

19/11/2025
On Mooney Goes Wild from 10pm tonight: Derek is joined in studio by Richard Collins, Eanna ni Lamhna and Niall Hatch. Ji...
17/11/2025

On Mooney Goes Wild from 10pm tonight: Derek is joined in studio by Richard Collins, Eanna ni Lamhna and Niall Hatch. Jim Wilson meets Pat Smiddy to find out about alien seaweed in Cork, author Harriet Rix on the genius of trees, why koalas wouldn't have fingerprints without trees, Terry Flanagan meets botanical artist Yanny Petters to learn about the beautiful autumnal stamps she has created for An Post, and we find out about a dinosaur exhibition at UCC! Join Derek and guests from 10pm tonight on RTÉ Radio 1 to find out more...

www.rte.ie/mooney

RTÉ An Post UCC Penguin Books

On Mooney Goes Wild next Monday night: alien seaweed, genius trees, koala fingerprints, autumnal stamps and a dinosaur e...
14/11/2025

On Mooney Goes Wild next Monday night: alien seaweed, genius trees, koala fingerprints, autumnal stamps and a dinosaur exhibition! Join Derek and guests from 10pm, Monday November 17th, on RTÉ Radio 1 to find out more...

www.rte.ie/mooney

11/11/2025

Urban Wildlife:
From Derek in Germany 🇩🇪 Greylag and Canada geese enjoy lunch in Munich’s Olympia Park.

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Mooney Goes Wild is a wildlife and nature radio show, which has been broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 for over two decades. Presented by Derek Mooney, with regular contributors Dr. Richard Collins & Eanna ni Lamhna, the show is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 each Monday from 10pm-11pm. This programme is repeated each Friday (on RTÉ Radio 1, from 4am-5am), and each Saturday morning on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra (from 10am-11am). For more information on all the items covered each show, please visit www.rte.ie/mooney, and if you have a comment, question, or photo you’d like to share with us, please e-mail [email protected]!