Monday-Friday, 3 - 4.30pm
We've got a pair of Blue Tits in our first nest of the year located at Derek's house in Dublin. The nest is almost complete and the female has now laid two eggs!
We're watching a pair of Swallows building a nest in a shed behind Áras an Uachtaráin.
Euro song winner, Ryan Dolan, reflects on his victory last Friday and looks forward to the Eurovision song contest in Sweden next May. Mooney Tunes 8 is on sale now... stay tuned for details of ticket sales. And if you feel you have a voice to rival Adele or Justin Bieber, Louis Walsh will be in studio to hear your telephone auditions! If you'd like to sing for Louis, then e-mail mooney@rte.ie, or - from 3pm - call 1850 715 900 or text 51551 and tell us a bit about yourself. Please note that under-16s will need parental permission before going on air.
Derek Mooney with his unique mix of conversation, information, advice and entertainment
The eighth concert in our hugely successful series of concerts entitled MOONEY TUNES will take place at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre on the evening of Sunday, March 24th.
Tickets went on sale yesterday, and already hundreds of tickets have sold! And they are priced very reasonably, as always, between €14.50 and €39.50. They will be on sale through Ticketmaster, and there will be a booking fee added on.
HOWEVER, if you DON'T want to pay a booking fee, you can go down to the box office at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, and buy your tickets directly from there.
ALSO, if you are going in a group of six or more, you can avoid a booking fee by ringing the group bookings line at the theatre. That number is 01 677-7999.
Alternatively, if you don't live in Dublin, if you can't get to the theatre, do get onto Ticketmaster as soon as possible after the tickets go on sale. The number to dial is 0818 719 377, or click here for more details.
We anticipate a huge demand for these tickets, so we'd advise getting your ticket sooner rather than later. Previous Mooney Tunes concerts have usually sold out within a couple of days. For more information, visit www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie/mooney-tunes-no-8.
Derek is joined by Ryan Dolan, who will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2013 with Only Love Survives, and his mentor Stuart O'Connor. To view Ryan's video, click here:
If you feel you have a voice to rival Adele or Justin Bieber, Louis Walsh will be in studio to hear your telephone auditions! If you'd like to sing for Louis, then e-mail mooney@rte.ie, or - from 3pm - call 1850 715 900 or text 51551 and tell us a bit about yourself. Please note that under-16s will need parental permission before going on air.
Stuart O'Connor, Ryan Dolan, Derek and Louis Walsh in studio today!
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Secrets Of The Irish Landscape
16,000 years ago, Ireland was a land covered in ice, uninhabitable to both humans and animals. So how did Ireland go from being a frozen country to the green and pleasant land of today?
In this new series, Derek Mooney pieces together the clues to uncover the Secrets Of The Irish Landscape...
Secrets Of The Irish Landscape began last night and continues next Sunday, May 12th at 18:30 on RTÉ One.
Click here to view the series trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzPRjy_bAwU, or click here to watch last night's episode on the RTÉ Player.
Please DO NOT send any live, dead or skeletal remains of any creature whatsoever to Mooney Goes Wild.
If you find an injured animal or bird, please contact the National Parks & Wildlife Service on 1890 20 20 21, or BirdWatch Ireland, on 01 281-9878, or visit www.irishwildlifematters.ie
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