The Pat Kenny Show
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Mar 28, 2025 • 13min
Unusual Food Combinations
From a Milka Chocolate crossover with Tuc Crackers to a pink lemonade flavoured Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, the appetite for unusual food combinations has exploded.Reporter Simon Tierney has taken a deep dive into the treat cupboard of yore.
Mar 28, 2025 • 17min
Dublin City Taskforce Delay
Many forms of violent crime reduced last year but the number of incidents of shop theft rose by 6 per cent compared to 2023, according to the CSOWith this increase, the promise of 1000 extra garda in the Dublin City Taskforce report would be welcome to retailers, pubs and other industries in the city centre, But city centre businesses are still waiting on the report to be implemented.Donal O’Keefe CEO of Licensed Vinters Association and Nikki Murran Director of retail at Excel Recruitment join The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the impact on Dublin businesses.
Mar 28, 2025 • 12min
Real-Time Drivers Information for Gardaí
Calls have been made by road safety campaigners for real-time drivers information to be made available to Gardaí at checkpoints.This would allow them to see driver’s disqualifications if stopped, as well as their driver number and insurance. Mark O’Meara, President of the Garda Representative Association, joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss.
Mar 27, 2025 • 8min
Disinformation With David Robert Grimes
David Robert Grimes joins The Pat Kenny Show for our weekly disinformation awareness slot.This week, the impact of vaccine hesitancy and disinformation on people.
Mar 27, 2025 • 4min
Michael Gaine Update
Southern Correspondent, Jamie O'Hara, joins The Pat Kenny Show to give us the latest in the missing Kerry farmer, Michael Gaine.
Mar 27, 2025 • 7min
Survival Kits
EU crisis management commissioner, Hadja Lahbib, as part of the blocs wider 'preparedness strategy' is urging citizens to prepare 72-hour survival kits. It comes with the backdrop of increased geopolitical tension and risk of environmental disasters.So, should we be getting survival kits ready in our homes?Shayne Phelan, survival instructor at Eagle Ridge Survival joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss.
Mar 27, 2025 • 10min
What makes an Irish Buddha?
Buddhism was founded 2 and a half thousand years ago in ancient India, but it’s only in recent years that Irish people have turned to the buddha in numbers.So, what is an Irish Buddhist and what do they know that we don’t?Newstalk’s Sarah Madden reports.
Mar 27, 2025 • 10min
Quirky Sports
This week, Off The Ball’s Cameron Hill tells us the story of a Cork-born boxer, Jack McAuliffe, a World Lightweight Champion in the early 20th century, who was involved in one of the most controversial bouts in the sports' history.
Mar 27, 2025 • 9min
The Struggles of Working From Home
For many, working from home can become isolating; it is harder to strike a work-life balance, to build relationships with your colleagues and to have variety in your days.Niamh Delmar, chartered registered counselling psychologist, joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss such fallouts, and what can be done to better manage them.
Mar 27, 2025 • 8min
The Family
The Irish drugs gang known as 'The Family' had amassed considerable wealth and influence, before an Irish-Spanish operation dismantled its large hub in Spain and three of its leading figures were arrested in the Republic.Ivan Yates is joined by Conor Lally, Security and Crime Editor with The Irish Times to go through all the latest in these arrests.
