The Pat Kenny Show
Newstalk
Pat brings you the sharpest analysis of news and current affairs on the radio and fresh perspectives on the issues that will define a generation. Breaking news is interwoven with reflective news features and reports from a variety of reporters based across the country. Experts are on hand to guide listeners on everything from consumer and employment rights and health issues to savvy holiday options. And Pat is joined by all the best personalities from the entertainment world.Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
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Aug 14, 2025 • 11min
Ghe growing friendship between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un
Russian President Vladimir Putin is continuing to expand his friendship with North Korea, just this week reaffirming the relationship with the reclusive nation. But while North Korean soldiers and labourers are sent to Russia, what is in it for them and their nation?All to discuss with Robert E Kelly, Professor of Political Science, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea.
Aug 14, 2025 • 16min
Why is there sizeable gender gap in stem leaving cert choices?
New figures show that there is a sizeable gender gap in the leaving cert subject choice, with boys more likely than girls to be studying Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and other STEM subjects. Why is this so? Pat discusses this further with Stella O’Malley, Psychotherapist and Author and Brendan Gildea, Maths teacher and Author.
Aug 13, 2025 • 10min
How can we counter workplace burnout?
Tired, apathetic and unmotivated. These are some of the words associated with what many call “work burnout”. Many experiencing this burnout report a feeling of physical and emotional exhaustion, but what can be done to combat this? All to discuss with Sarah Finnan, Freelance Journalist and Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin.
Aug 13, 2025 • 7min
A biosecurity alert as Asian hornet captured in Ireland
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has confirmed that it has captured an Asian Hornet in Cork. The invasive species was reported by a member of the public and can have a devastating effect on the native honeybee population.
Aug 13, 2025 • 9min
The gardening life of Roberto Burle Marx
Brazil Roberto Burle Marx arrived in the world in August 1909, born into culturally layered roots in SãoPaulo. His mother hailed from a French descended Brazilian family, his father from a German-Jewish lineage, and when the family moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1913, an early passion took seed. Under the gentle encouragement of his mother and beloved nanny, Roberto learned to sow seeds and tend blooms long before he could ever read a landscape plan. These formative years quietly nurtured a lifelong devotion to plants. Diarmuid Gavin bring us his gardening life story.
Aug 13, 2025 • 18min
The downfalls of a cashless community
Over 40% of people get caught without cash on them according to a recent survey, are we moving towards a cashless society or will cash always be king to some? Henry McKean reports.
Aug 13, 2025 • 9min
Wildfires across Europe and the Mediterranean
As we experience a heatwave here in Ireland, Europe too is experiencing high temperatures and wildfires right down to the Mediterranean. We get the latest here from Aoife Kealy of Met Éireann, from Rome with Josephine McKenna and from Madrid with Guy Hedgecoe
Aug 13, 2025 • 10min
A rise in e-scooter crashes sparks brain injury warning
A report for the UK government has suggested that stiffly formal driving testers might be making women feel ‘potential anxiety’, leading to a gender imbalance in pass rates. Also a rise in e-scooter crashes sparks brain injury warning following crackdown on the seizure of these vehicles. Councillors are now calling for education to warn of dangers of high speeds as illegal models are readily available from retailers. All to discuss with Conor Faughnan Transport Consultant.
Aug 13, 2025 • 16min
EU leaders will virtually meet US President Donald Trump today
European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, will virtually meet with US President Donald Trump today ahead of his summit with Vladimir Putin this Friday. But what would happen should the pair reach an agreement without Europe and Ukraine at the table? All to discuss with Scott Lucas, Professor and Political Analyst, Clinton Institute, UCD.
Aug 13, 2025 • 7min
A new deep ocean superhighway
This week on the Green Scene, how we are interrupting bird sleep, and a new deep ocean superhighway that has been discovered studying museum specimens. All to discuss with Dr Ruth Freeman Director of Research for Society For Research Ireland.All with thanks to Repak.
