The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

 As Easter is just around the corner, Gareth Mullins talks us through how to cool a Roast Leg of New Season Lamb, roasted Wexford rooster with parsley butter, crushed turnips, fresh mint salsa Verde.

Deportation Orders issued by the State increased three fold in the first three months of the year when compared with 2024. However, just 44% of those issued with orders actually left the state. Pat discusses this further with Harry McGee, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times.

This Sunday the rowers of Oxford and Cambridge will go head-to-head in the Boat Race on the river Thames. For this week’s Quirky Sports, Cameron Hill looks back at the history of the Oxford and Cambridge rowing competition.

This month, Together For Hospice, the national fundraising body for twenty four specialist hospital and palliative care providers, are hoping to raise funds with their ‘Your Finest Hour For Hospice’ Campaign. To explain all about this fundraiser and its importance we are joined by Fintan Fagan, CEO of St Francis Hospice and Seán Graham who’s father was treated in St Francis Hospital.

This week, David Robert Grimes discusses how internal documents and whistleblower revelations show that companies like Facebook had the tools to combat disinformation effectively, but deliberately disabled or ignored to boost their profit. Also Health Secretary RFK Jr spreads measles and fluoride misinformation.   

On a recent trip Luke had met scientists from the US, the main topic of conversation is how the Trump administration is attacking science. They fear for their jobs and the ability to fund their science. This is an unfortunate turn of events. Luke discusses this further with Pat on also how it is distracting researchers.

What affects your earning potential, your cancer risk and how you look in a dress?  Newstalk's Sarah Madden reports on the bizarre importance of height and those who'll do anything for a few extra inches.

Despite the exclusion of the pharmaceutical industry from Liberation Day tariffs and the introduction of a 90 day, US President Donald Trump has warned that big pharma is next on the list. As the pharmaceutical industry is the biggest Irish export to the US, what impact will this uncertainty have on our economy and European as a whole?  Pat discusses this and more with Gareth Sheridan, CEO of Nutriband and Billy Kelleher, MEP for Ireland South (part of the health committee on the EP).

Sustainable interiors, low voc paint, swapping synthetic bedding for natural, non toxic cleaning products, what to do with your empty candle. Jo Linehan gives us tips and advice on how to make your home interiors and cleaning products more sustainable.

This month on our weekly dermatology slot we are looking at Rosacea or the ‘curse of the Celts’ as it is also known. All to discuss with Consultant Dermatologist with the Institute of Dermatology Professor Niki Ralph.