HeyJaredMooney Goes Wild
Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. Listen live every Monday at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 23
- Latest publication
- Sep 7, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 6, 2026
Latest episodes
Mooney Goes Wild - Monday September 7th 2026 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. For three decades, Mooney Goes Wild reporter Terry Flanagan has been roaming the highways and byways of Ireland in search of answers to your wildlife queries. He's been up every tree, down every ditch and through every hedge in pursuit of a good story - if there's a mystery in the natural world, Terry is usually the man to solve it... he is, after all, the Sherlock Holmes of RTÉ wildlife reporting! Over the years he has investig
The Ghost Of The Mountains: Unraveling The Secrets Of The Snow Leopard (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The secretive, almost supernatural, reputation of the Snow Leopard, which lives high in the mountain ranges of Central and Southern Asia, has led to the species being dubbed The Ghost of the Mountains - which just so happens to be the title of a new book about these remarkable big cats by Dr. Kulbhushansingh (Kullu) Suryawanshi. He joins us on the line to tell us more about these mysterious animals and the harsh, hostile environments they are perfectly adapted to.See omnystudio.com/listener for
Mooney Goes Wild - Monday August 31st 2026 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms. On tonight's show: 🪶Why Woodpigeons are still nest‑building in late August🐦A listener’s mystery pigeon with extravagant feathered feet❄️We learn about Snow Leopards with Dr Kullu Suryawanshi — author of The Ghost of the MountainsFor more information on tonight's show, visit https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/mooney/2026/0830/1589743-mooney-goes-wild-monday-august-31st-2026/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wild Ireland (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Next week’s programme, which will be broadcast on Monday September 7th, will be a special compilation of some of the very best reports by our intrepid roving reporter, Terry Flanagan.To whet your appetite, we close tonight’s programme with one of Terry’s reports, first broadcast in 2019, from the Wild Ireland nature sanctuary in Co. Donegal, home to a wide array of creatures which once roamed wild in Ireland but which, sadly, have been lost to us, including Wolves, Brown Bears, Lynx and Wild Boa
Pigeons Galore! (opens the original)
Read excerpt
From Dastardly & Muttley's "Stop The Pigeon" to "Pigeon Street", there's one bird that's the focus of our first item on tonight's show! Derek recently spotted a Woodpigeon carrying a stick in its beak, something that is a common sight in the spring when nest-building is in full swing... but why in August? And we learn why some fancy pigeons have frilly, feathered legs! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.