Richard Collins

On the 1st of May, regardless of whether it was a Sunday or a Monday or a Good Friday, any day.

That's right.

And then they come back and find the right river to go into.

Absolutely.

I mean, they come back to the Irish coast, but if you came out of the Moai, you go back into the Moai.

If you came out of the Shannon, you go back into the Shannon.

They know which river to go back into.

That's amazing altogether.

Sure isn't one river the same as the next?

What do you think?

And of course, the other end of this thing is then is the actual ecology of the rivers themselves with this European regulation now about habitat restoration regulations.

restoring rivers to what they had been before they were arterially drained and polluted and everything else will bring them back to the original so you wonder if a fellow if a salmon started off in a rather polluted river and comes back and lo and behold it's all cleaned up will he know the clean river as much as will he know the dirty river I presume he will

Now, just one last thing to do.

The ladies and gentlemen of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra are over in Studio One.

I can see the leader coming out there now.

Receiving, as always, a lovely round of applause.

And here comes the conductor.

And now, to end this wonderful edition of Mooney Goes Wild, a special musical moment, the entire ensemble of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra comes together to perform one of the most instantly recognisable tunes in the world.

Simple and universal.

Sung everywhere from kitchen tables to concert halls.