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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Aug 15, 2025 • 9min
Premier League season kicking off
There is plenty of sporting action this weekend, with the Premier League season kicking off, round 3 of the FAI cup, and golf’s big hitters taking to Maryland to battle it out, all to look forward to this weekend. Colm Boohig, Broadcaster with Off the Ball previews it all.
Aug 15, 2025 • 10min
Is TikTok the next getaway for impulse buying?
TikTok officially launched TikTok Shop in Ireland in late 2024 with 2.2 million monthly users now able to shop directly via videos, livestreams, and product showcases all within the app. Small Irish businesses can reach younger audiences but it how does it work and is it causing an increase in impulse buying. Is TikTok the next getaway for impulse buying? All to discuss with StyleSavvy founder Laura Jordan.
Aug 15, 2025 • 11min
Onboard the new Star of the Seas ship!
Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of its new Star of the Seas ship. It is the second if its Icon-class ships which are the largest cruise ships in the world. Eoghan Corry is currently aboard the ship on its maiden voyage and told us what the experience is like.
Aug 15, 2025 • 12min
Car loans hit record levels
Car loans have hit the highest levels on record. That’s according to new data which shows a year on year increase in the volume and value of the car loan with almost 20,000 of them worth €259 million. Why is Ireland going on a car shopping spree? All to discuss with Geraldine Herbert, Motoring Editor with the Sunday Independent and Paul Merriman, Financial Advisor and CEO of AskPaul.
Aug 14, 2025 • 11min
The fascinating life and untimely death of Robert Hilliard
The fascinating life and untimely death of Robert Hilliard is the subject of a new book, ‘Swift Blaze of Fire,’ by his granddaughter, Lin Rose Clark. As well as a folk hero, Hilliard was one of Ireland’s first Olympians, and a complicated figure, to say the least. To tell us more about Hilliard, Cameron Hill from Off The Ball.
Aug 14, 2025 • 27min
Why food price inflation is rising!
As we know the price of food staples are continuing to rise, so with grocery inflation only going one way, is there anything consumers can do to seek better value? Our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte find out how people are finding the rise of costs and trying to save
Aug 14, 2025 • 9min
How your genes impact Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome, and a disturbance in gut bacteria . Early findings from the world’s largest study into the genetics of the condition pinpointed eight regions of the human genome that were substantially different in people with an ME/CFS diagnosis compared to those without the illness. All to discuss with Luke O’Neill Professor of Biochemistry at the school of Immunology, Trinity College and host of Show Me The Science podcast.
Aug 14, 2025 • 10min
What was the Peter Robinson experiment?
Next month, Taoiseach Micháel Martin and Canadian Ambassador Dennis King are set to pay tribute to a little-known migration of 2,000 Irish people, who left from the port of Cobh to Canada back in 1825, in what is collectively known as the “Peter Robinson experiment”. To tell us more about this Pat spoke to Amanda Slattery, Development Manager with Ballyhoura Development CLG.
Aug 14, 2025 • 10min
How do falling birth rates effect our global economy?
We are currently in the midst of what is being termed a “demographic timebomb”. Globally our population is shrinking, but while shrinking, it is also getting older. This is a trend that is likely to have profound consequences for the global economy. How do falling birth rates effect our global economy? All to discuss with Edgar Morgenroth, Professor of Economics DCU.
Aug 14, 2025 • 8min
The findings of An Garda Síochána Crowe Report
An Garda Síochána have this morning published the Crowe Report. The report was a review of Roads Policing activity and operations, Pat was joined on the show by Conor Gallagher, Crime and Security Correspondent, The Irish Times to discuss the findings.
