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Siobhan O'Connor & Dan Grennan

RTE star Derek Mooney on living with tinnitus 'hopes it does not deteriorate'

RTE star Derek Mooney has opened up on living with tinnitus describing the ringing in his ear like a constant gas leak.

The Dublin broadcaster has worked in RTE for more than 30 years and said he hopes his condition does not deteriorate. Derek, 56, told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “I have a constant noise in my head. It feels like an industrial sound.

“At times it feels like you’re in a nightclub and you come out and your ears are ringing, it varies from that to a constant gas leak. I hope it doesn’t get worse.”

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