The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

Many German airports have a strict nighttime curfew. airlines and airports can be heavily fined for operations outside permitted times. What happens when the curfew is missed. Kevin Byrne Retired Lieutenant Colonel and airport safety and security expert explained all.

A recent survey by Childcare.co.uk should that boys are the easier gender to raise based on their emotional needs, communication, behavior and resilience. But is this really the case? We discussed this with Tanya Sweeney, Journalist with the Irish Independent and also Enda Murphy, Psychotherapist.

Last week, Zohran Mamdani stunned the political scene in New York City by winning the Democratic nomination for mayor. He fought off the challenge of former Governor Andrew Cuomo and will now go on to November’s election. Lorcan Nyhan brings us a full profile of the man that Donald Trump has branded “a pure communist”.

Record temperatures hit Spain with ambulances on standby. We get the latest from Spain with Graham Keely, journalist based in Spain.

The European Union's Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič is flying to Washington today for talks with senior Trump administration officials ahead of next week’s deadline. We get the latest on this with Koen Verhelst is a Trade Reporter at POLITICO.

Retirement is a life-long dream for some, but for others it can come too soon. We will look at ways to keep busy for those required to retire early. All to discuss with Peter Cosgrove Managing Director of Futurewise.

Minister for Housing Jame Browne will today present to cabinet a league table of how local authorities are performing when it comes to housing deliver. It will show that less than half of local authorities met or exceeded their targets. Political Correspondent with The Irish Times Jack Horgan-Jones brings us the story with analysis from Senior Lecturer in Housing, TU Dublin Dr Lorcan Sirr.

Simon Tierney has been meeting with the Russian community in Ireland and how they have dealt with the isolation of their country and the stigma of being a Russian living abroad since the invasion of Ukraine. Simon spoke to two Russians and a Ukrainian.in order to try and understand their predicament.

Many parents are facing a hike in “voluntary” contributions as inflation has left many primary schools struggling financially. Speaking to Jonathan this morning was Seamus Mulconry, General Secretary of The Catholic Primary School Association and also Peter Melrose, Primary School Teacher from Meath.

Are you having trouble getting your kids to sleep? Maybe it’s the brighter evenings now and they’re refusing to go to bed or maybe their nap times have become irregular. Our expert helping us today is Lucy Wolfe Sleep Expert.All with thanks to Hidden Hearing.