Derek Mooney

Derek Mooney is an Irish radio and television personality.

Mooney is one of Ireland's best-known television personalities and is one of Ireland's most prolific broadcasters in the area of natural history. He has presented Habitats, The Nature Line, Nature Trails and Mooney Goes Wild On One, all for RTÉ Radio One. The latter programme won first Prize at the Prix Europa Radio and TV Awards in October 2000. The following month Mooney won a second award - the ESB Millennium Environment Award - for the best item during the year on the environment in print, radio or television. His television shows on the natural history world include Wildtrack on RTÉ and Nature Detectives for the BBC.

His other television credits include being a co-presenter of RTÉ children's television shows Echo Island and TX. He is currently the presenter of the hugely popular Winning Streak, a Saturday night game show. In addition to all of this Mooney has also presented and produced RTÉ's Liveline, and some religious and daily magazine programmes.