Mooney, Monday August 18th 2014
Dawn Chorus 2018
This year's Dawn Chorus programme will take place on Sunday, May 6th 2018, and will be broadcast from across Europe and beyond between midnight and 7am! For more information, click here.
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Events & Listings
Rory Cowan steps into Derek's shower, we find out why Derek ended up in the back of a PSNI vehicle, and Conor Horgan from Irish Business Against Litter tells us about their latest survey...
The winner of MOONEY's Singing in the Shower competition will get a Voucher from TileStyle worth €2500.
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To enter, all you have to do is make an audio recording of yourself singing in the shower. (If you do this during your daily wash you will not waste water).
Send your audio recording, not to exceed one minute in duration, along with your name and contact number to mooney@rte.ie. Please do not send recordings of original compositions. Click here to read terms and conditions for RTÉ.ie and click here to read competition terms and conditions.
Entry to the competition confirms your acceptance of these terms and conditions.
The prize for Ireland's Best Singer in the Shower, as decided by our panel of judges, will be announced on Mooney. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Please note that if you submit a recording, RTÉ reserve the right to use this material as it sees fit in accordance with the terms and conditions for rté.ie.
Who is our mystery singer in Derek's shower today? It's Rory Cowan, from Mrs. Browne's Boys!
On Saturday, Derek ended up in the back of a PSNI Land Rover Tangi in Belfast. Why? Take a listen!
A PSNI Land Rover Tangi vehicle
The results of the Irish Business Against Litter survey came out today, and urban Ireland – Dublin included - isn't doing well. This is interesting because we were only talking about this last week with Paul Harrington, when he told us he thought Dublin was a mess...
The Irish Business Against Litter survey says that while Ireland's towns continue to get cleaner, our main cities remain littered. In fact, North Inner City Dublin and Farranree in Cork are both exposed as litter black-spots.
To tell us more, we are joined in studio by Conor Horgan, spokesperson for Irish Business Against Litter...
To read the full report, click here.
We are organising a singles night out for our listeners who are over 35! The where and when is still being finalised, but if you are interested in joining in the fun, then send us an e-mail! Let us know your age, gender, and if you are single. You must be available to travel to the venue at your own expense. Please send your e-mail to mooney@rte.ie, with the subject line 'Singles Night Out'. And keep listening for further information!
Earlier this year, we launched our competition to find Ireland's newest child star. The competition was open to boys and girls who were aged 10 years old or under. We asked you to record a piece that was no more than three minutes long, and e-mail it in to us.
The finalists, in no particular order, are:
- Hannah Kinsella (9 years old, from Lucan, Co. Dublin) with Pushover
- Nikki Brown (8 years old, from Saggart, Co. Dublin) with Colours Of The Wind
- Anna Lily Fox (6 years old, from Ballinalee, Co. Longford) with a Johnny Cash medley
- Laoise Farrell (9 years old, from Ogonnolloe. Co. Clare) with The Call
- Alannah Bermingham (10 years old, from Kilmacud, Dublin) with Colours Of The Wind
The date for the final will be announced shortly and the winner will perform at our Christmas Mooney Tunes concert.
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To contact your local wildlife ranger, click here for contact details. To read the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, click here.
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
Cry Me A River
Michael Buble
3:40
Siar Go Conamara
Bláthnaid Ni Chofaigh
0:03
Die Fledermaus - 'The Laughing Song'
Niamh Murray
0:05
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Red Hurley
3:22
Something's Gotta Hold Of Me
Clara Rose Monahan
0:06
Singing In The Rain
Unknown
0:45
Stand By Your Man
Rory Cowan
2:52
Isn't She Lovely
Kate O'Callaghan
3:32
The Rare Auld Times
Harry Skelly
0:54
I Have Nothing
Cassie O'Donnell
4:47
You're Sixteen
Rory Cowan
1:54
Stand By Your Man
Brenda Donohue
2:52
Delerium Tremens
Christy Moore
3:19
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Presenter: Derek Mooney