Personal Life
Mooney is an avid nature lover. Originally from Donnybrook, he is unmarried and resides in Kilmacud, a south Dublin suburb. His brother David died aged 44 in January 2007. He has nephews and nieces but would prefer not to have children of his own, though he has confessed that he "might marry a woman yet". He later changed his mind, and said he would much prefer to marry a man. In interviews he lists his hobbies as travel, cinema, going to the gym and socialising in The George and The Dragon bars. He exercises in the gym because of his 6.2 cholesterol level. He is a close friend of Alan Hughes and was best man at his wedding to Karl Broderick.
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