The Pat Kenny Show
Newstalk
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 23, 2025 • 11min
' A family Succession' first four Guinness family generations
A family Succession. the true Story of the struggle to create the world’s largest brewery. Arthur Edward Guinness the Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandson of the founder of Guinness joins us to discuss his new book chronicling the first four generations of his renowned family.
Sep 23, 2025 • 9min
World leaders gather for the UN General Assembly
World leaders are in New York for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, among them Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris. Newstalk's Political Correspondent Sean Defoe is in New York.
Sep 23, 2025 • 12min
Rural pubs are diversifying like never before!
Innovate or die, that's the new rule of thumb for rural pubs around Ireland who are diversifying like never before. But will film screenings and portable saunas be enough to safeguard their future? Newstalk's Sarah Madden reports:
Sep 23, 2025 • 10min
The fake science from Trump on autism
Donald Trump yesterday held a press conference alongside this Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jnr. During that conference Donald Trump falsely linked paracetamol, under its American market name of Tylenol, to autism made numerous false pronouncements on its causes and on vaccines.We got reaction to these claims with Dr Brendan O’Shea, Assistant Adjuvant Professor in Public Health and Primary Care at Trinity College Dublin and Kildare GP and also Adam Harris, Founder and CEO, AsIAm .
Sep 23, 2025 • 13min
The latest on the presidency race
Gareth Sheridan admits defeat and left-wing parties distance themselves from Catherine Connolly’s remarks on Hamas, Kevin Doyle, Executive Editor with the Irish Independent brings us up to date on the presidency race.
Sep 23, 2025 • 12min
Radical changes to the waste-collection system!
Bin companies could be taking responsibility for an entire geographic area rather than competing for customers on the same street. Could this increase your waste collection bills? All to discuss with Charlie Weston Personal Finance Editor for the Irish Independent.
Sep 23, 2025 • 16min
Movember’s Real Face of Men’s Health report findings
Movember’s Real Face of Men’s Health report draws on new research to reveal a concerning picture of men’s health in Ireland The report findings show men in Ireland are dying too young, from largely preventable causes; two in five of all male deaths are premature under the age of 75 and men are 40% more likely to die prematurely across the five leading causes of premature death. To discuss these findings Ivan was joined by Cliona Fitzpatrick, Director of Policy and Evidence at Movember.
Sep 22, 2025 • 13min
Netanyahu to meet Trump today
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Donald Trump later today to discuss the US Administration’s 21-point plan to end the war in Gaza. Pat was joined by Terry Sheridan, Senior Director of News, WSHU Public Radio, and Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford University, to discuss.
Sep 22, 2025 • 11min
Friend groups and how to deal with being left out
How do we feel when we know we have been left out? From a WhatsApp group, a social event– planned holiday. How do you react? What is going on emotionally and psychologically? Could we slow down our reactions and help ourselves to cope better. Ciara Doherty discusses all with Stephanie Regan, Clinical Psychotherapist.
Sep 22, 2025 • 9min
Motoring news with Geraldine Herbert
Ger Herbert Motoring Editor with the Sunday Independent brings us all the motoring news and updates. We hear how 61% of Irish drivers say their next used car will be electrified. Nearly half (48%) prefer hybrid, while many remain cautious about battery-only cars.
