Derek Mooney

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989 appearances 18 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

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Mooney Goes Wild · Should We Cull Invasive Alien Grey Squirrels To Save Our Native Reds? · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

And that is how things would look if nothing were to change from how they are now.

They can.

They can and they do.

Yes.

And I think just because grey squirrels have done so well in cities in the last few decades, we have this association that that's, you know, that red squirrels don't.

But they do.

You're right.

They do.

And it's great that you remember that.

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

It shouldn't come into it, you're right, but it does exactly.

So, so far, like there's been a huge interest from the public and other stakeholders in the survey.

And overall, people have been really, really, really, really positive about the potential for red squirrels returning to the Dublin Wicklow region.

And there seems to be like a really good understanding among the public about the issues with grey squirrels, the issues that they cause for red squirrels and the issues that they kind of cause in general, like you mentioned, predation on birds nests as well.

And so, yeah, there's been a really positive response so far, which has been, yeah, it's been really good to see.

So Dublin Mountains.

Yeah.

And that's about it for now.

Yeah, that's about it for now.

So, but they would, you know, they could, the Liffey, there was a girl called Emma Roberts did a PhD student, did a PhD, sorry, in Galway quite recently.

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