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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Sep 9, 2024 • 15min
Can Ireland solve the global ageing crisis?
Anton was joined by Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Principal Investigator of TILDA, to discuss their new designation as a WHO Collaborating Centre and how Ireland will play a leading role in ageing research worldwide.
Sep 9, 2024 • 6min
Why is China ending foreign adoptions?
Anton was joined by Denis Staunton, China Correspondent for The Irish Times, to discuss China’s decision to end its international adoption program, leaving hundreds of families in limbo.
Sep 9, 2024 • 10min
World EV Day: Can Ireland meet electric vehicle demand?
Anton was joined by John O'Keeffe, CEO of ePower, to discuss World EV Day and what the Irish government needs to do to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles.
Sep 9, 2024 • 12min
Should the CAO be scrapped for a fairer system?
Anton was joined by Brian Mooney, Guidance Counsellor and Education Columnist, and Donal Cremin, President of the ASTI, to discuss growing calls to overhaul the ‘crude and unfair’ CAO system.
Sep 9, 2024 • 9min
Sports Update with Cathal Mullaney
Anton was joined by Cathal Mullaney from Off The Ball to recap a disappointing night for Ireland against England and preview the upcoming matches, including news on the Irish Open.
Sep 9, 2024 • 10min
Christine Dwyer Hickey on ‘Our London Lives’
Award-winning author Christine Dwyer Hickey joined Anton to discuss her latest book, Our London Lives, a multi-generational story exploring love, family, and guilt across four decades in London.
Sep 9, 2024 • 11min
Lucy Letby and Grenfell: what's next for both scandals?
In this week's UK update, Anton was joined by Enda Brady, Presenter at TRT World, to discuss Michael Gove's calls for criminal prosecutions against companies, including Irish firm Kingspan, involved in Grenfell Tower cladding. They also touched on Lucy Letby’s plans to launch a fresh appeal, and Jeremy Kyle defending his presenting style.
Sep 9, 2024 • 11min
Why are garda recruits turning down their roles?
Anton was joined by Mark O’Meara, President of the Garda Representative Association, to discuss the troubling decline in Garda numbers, as dozens of successful candidates have chosen not to take up their places over the past two years.
Sep 6, 2024 • 27min
A look back on the stories of the week on our Friday Forum
We take a look back on the stories of the week on our Friday Forum. Joining Ivan this morning on the show was Kevin Doyle Executive Editor of the Irish Independent, Jim O’Callaghan FF TD for Dublin Bay South and his party’s justice spokesperson and also Roisin Shortall TD for Dublin North West & Social Democrats spokesperson on Health; Finance; & Public Expenditure and Reform.
Sep 6, 2024 • 14min
Father of the suspect at Georgia school shooting arrested
The father of Colt Gray, the fourteen-year-old suspect in the Georgia school shooting, is the latest to be arrested in connection with the case. Larry Donnelly Law Lecturer at the University of Galway and columnist with TheJournal.ie brings us the latest on this.
