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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Oct 23, 2024 • 10min
Back to the office? Why workers are saying no
Pat was joined by Peter Cosgrove, Managing Director of Futurewise and expert on the future of work, to discuss the growing resistance from employees being forced back into the office.
Oct 22, 2024 • 9min
Are you a people pleaser?
Are you someone who struggles to say no, constantly putting others' needs before your own? Pat was joined by clinical psychotherapist Stephanie Regan to explore the concept of people-pleasing.
Oct 22, 2024 • 6min
Could motorists face higher fees to fund road safety?
Pat was joined by Geraldine Herbert, Motoring Editor at the Sunday Independent, to discuss the findings of an external review into the Road Safety Authority (RSA). The review has recommended raising the prices for driving licenses and car testing services.
Oct 22, 2024 • 14min
Could Trump pull off another surprise victory?
Pat was joined by Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway, to provide the latest updates on the U.S. Presidential election, just two weeks before the showdown.
Oct 22, 2024 • 8min
The end of the "career for life" with Donal O’Donaghue
Pat was joined by Donal O’Donaghue, Managing Director of Sanderson Recruitment and host of The Talent Matters Podcast, to discuss the end of the traditional "career for life" and the rise of the gig economy. Donal shared insights on how professionals can adapt to an evolving job market, build practical skills portfolios, and navigate career pivots.
Oct 22, 2024 • 12min
Ceasefire or conflict? Blinken's mission to Israel amid rocket attacks
As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares to land in Israel for discussions on a ceasefire, the region remains tense following a barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah on Tel Aviv in the early hours of the morning.Pat was joined by Duncan Bullivant, Special Advisor to the Head of the Bosnia peace keeping mission, part of the UK mission to Kosovo in 1999 and CEO of the Henderson Group, an international risk management advisory, to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East.
Oct 22, 2024 • 9min
Should jobseekers be fined?
Pat was joined by Philip Ryan, political editor of the Irish Independent, to discuss the recent changes to the social welfare bill, introduced by outgoing Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys. Among the key changes is the doubling of fines for jobseekers who refuse to engage with employment services.
Oct 22, 2024 • 8min
Is mass tourism facing a new crisis?
Pat was joined by Eoghan Corry, travel expert and editor of Air & Travel magazine, to discuss the growing wave of anti-tourism protests sweeping Europe. On Sunday, hundreds of local protesters disrupted the beaches of Tenerife, demanding measures like increased tourist taxes to address the strain on local resources.
Oct 22, 2024 • 13min
Can the Amazon be saved? Martin Von Hildebrand on his lifelong mission
Pat was joined by renowned ethnologist and anthropologist Martin Von Hildebrand, who has spent his life working to conserve the Amazon and protect its indigenous communities. Born in New York in 1943 to an Austrian father and an Irish mother, Martin shared his incredible journey of environmental activism and the ongoing fight to preserve the Amazon’s cultural and ecological heritage.
Oct 22, 2024 • 8min
Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh faces the music
Pat was joined by London-based journalist Enda Brady to discuss the sentencing of Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh at the Old Bailey in London.
