The Pat Kenny Show
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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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Jun 12, 2025 • 8min
Gardai arrest man on suspicion of murder Annie McCarrick
Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murder Annie McCarrick have confirmed that they have arrested man on suspicion of her murder. We get the latest on this with Paul Williams Irish Independent Crime Journalist.
Jun 12, 2025 • 14min
The importance of taking care of your heart
One in four deaths are caused by heart disease and stroke each year. Dr Jim O’Brien Consultant Cardiologist explains how it is important to take care of your heart and what symptoms to look out for relating to heart disease.
Jun 12, 2025 • 20min
Ministers are under increasing pressure to pass the rent pressure zone bill
Ministers are under increasing pressure to pass the rent pressure zone bill to avoid further price hikes for renters. But will waiting to introduce the new RPZ will cause a rise in rents?To discuss this and more was Lorcan Sirr, Senior Lecturer in Housing at TUD and Gabija Gataveckaitė political correspondent at the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent.
Jun 11, 2025 • 9min
Gardening Stories: Singapore a nation in Bloom
When most people think of gardens, they picture a quiet plot behind a house, a few potted plants on a terrace, or a peaceful Sunday stroll in a walled botanical garden. But in the small island nation of Singapore, something far more radical took root: What if an entire country could become a garden? This wasn’t an ornamental idea. It was policy. Strategy. Even statecraft. And it began with one man: Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore.Diarmuid Gavin tell us all this week in Gardening Stories.All with thanks to Tirlán,
Jun 11, 2025 • 14min
Inside Hollywood: When interviews go sour!
On Inside Hollywood this week. When the interview turns sour and stars get annoyed and are they justified as reporters push it too far. All to chat about with Lisa Cannon Entertainment Presenter and Producer.
Jun 11, 2025 • 11min
How to stop mega projects from running over time and over budget?
How do you get big things done? That is a question that leading expert in megaproject management Bent Flyvbjerg has sought to answer when it comes to big infrastructural projects around the world. In a country where things often seem to run over budget and time, what are the main reasons this happens around the world and what can we do to stop it?
Jun 11, 2025 • 9min
Things have calmed down in Ballymena but what happens next?
After two nights of public disorder and riots on the streets of Ballymena in County Antrim, things have calmed down. Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at police while others had their homes destroyed. Alison Morris, Crime and Security Correspondent with the Belfast Telegraph brings us the latest.
Jun 11, 2025 • 9min
It’s a busy day for the RSA today
It’s a busy day for the RSA today. They are up in front of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, they are hosting their annual conference and they are launching their new TV ad. The conference is focused on Drugs and Driving, and some of the material presented will highlight just how big a problem it is.All to discuss with Transport Commentator Conor Faughnan.
Jun 11, 2025 • 29min
Hazel Behan on when her life changed forever
Hazel Behan was just 20 years old when her life changed forever. What started off as a summer working broad in Portugal turned into a nightmare. One night after a long day of working in Praia Da Roch, Hazel returned home and was violently attacked in her apartment by a complete stranger. The man who attacked her is the prime suspect in the Madeline McCann case Christian Brückner. Brückner is now in prison for raping a 72-year-old woman in Praia Da Luz in 2005. Hazel’s case was brought to the fore years later she decided to waive anonymity and help the Met Police in their investigation regarding Madeline McCann. Hazel told Pat her story in studio this morning.
Jun 11, 2025 • 7min
Green Scene: The danger of heatwaves in our mind
Dr Ruth Freeman looks at how the Burmese pythons in Florida have been known to swallow large animals, like deer and alligators. Now, for the first time on record, a Florida bobcat has been caught killing a 12-foot python in a sign of nature fighting back. Also, when a heatwave arrives in Ireland, we all reach for the sunscreen and hats but what if the biggest danger isn't just to our bodies, but to our minds?All with thanks to Repak.
