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'.
Episodes
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Apr 22, 2025 • 11min
Conclave Contenders
Nick Pisa, Senior Reporter with Global Mail Online, joins The Pat Kenny Show to profile the frontrunners who could succeed Pope Francis.Listen here.
Apr 22, 2025 • 9min
Overcrowded Classrooms
Carl O’Brien, Education Editor at The Irish Times, joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss Ireland’s overcrowded classrooms and the growing calls to curb education overspending before lowering class sizes.
Apr 22, 2025 • 13min
US Leaks and Legal Battles
Terry Sheridan, Senior Director of News at WSHU Public Radio, joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss leaked strike details in Yemen and Harvard’s legal fight with the Trump administration.Listen here.
Apr 22, 2025 • 12min
UK Ruling Sparks Trans Rights Protests
Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor with the Financial Times, joins The Pat Kenny Show following large-scale UK protests after a Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman.
Apr 22, 2025 • 14min
The Conclave Ahead
Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Archbishop of Dublin, joins The Pat Kenny Show to reflect on Pope Francis’ passing and look ahead to the election of his successor.Listen here.
Apr 22, 2025 • 11min
Return of the A380
Kevin Byrne, retired lieutenant colonel and airport safety expert, joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the return of Emirates' oldest Airbus A380 to passenger service after years of storage and test flights.Listen here.
Apr 22, 2025 • 14min
America Detains Foreign Academics
Lara Marlowe, Paris-based journalist and author, joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the disturbing international trend of detaining academics critical of authoritarian regimes aligned with Trump’s allies.Listen here.
Apr 22, 2025 • 23min
Pope Francis: The Global Response
Elise Ann Allen, Senior Correspondent for The Crux, and Fr Richard Gibbons, Parish Priest at Knock Shrine, join The Pat Kenny Show to reflect on the death of Pope Francis and his legacy in Ireland and abroad.Listen here.
Apr 21, 2025 • 47min
The Rewind with Henry McKean - 2000
Henry McKean looks back at the biggest events and meet the people who made a huge impact in the year 2000!It was the year of Y2K, Bush VS Gore, Westlife dominating the charts, Brian O’Driscoll getting a hat-trick in Paris & arriving on the global rugby scene, Sonia O’Sullivan winning Silver at the Sydney Olympics and the arrival of reality TV with Big Brother.
Apr 18, 2025 • 46min
The Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin - Henry McKean Looks Back
The tears, the joy, the medals, the courage and the snow.In March, Team Ireland brought home pride as well as gold, silver and bronze. We bring you their story every step of the way, that’s the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, with Henry McKean.
