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Sep 4, 2025 • 7min
Countdown to the presidential race is on!
Countdown to the presidential race is on as people will head to the polls to decide on the 24th of October. With parties officially declaring their candidate, the pathway for an independent is limited. Bob Geldof, Conor McGregor, Maria Steen and Joanna Donnelly are just some of those independent names hoping to get on the ballot come October. Pat discusses all with Sean Defoe, Newstalk’s Political Correspondent and Host of the Let Me Explain Podcast.
Sep 4, 2025 • 11min
Gardaí are continuing to search for the remains of missing boy
Today marks the third day of a Garda investigation into missing boy in Donabate. Gardaí are continuing to search for the remains of the child. Minister for Children Norma Foley has now asked Tulsa to conduct well-being checks on cases closed during the Covid-19 pandemic. For the latest on this Pat spoke to Kitty Holland, Social Affairs Correspondent of The Irish Times.
Sep 3, 2025 • 8min
The Inca Gardens of Ancient Peru
High in the Andes the mountains rise in sheer ridges, their flanks cut with cliffs and ravines, their summits capped with snow. To the casual eye they seem forbidding, a landscape of rock and cloud where little could grow. Yet if you follow the river valleys upward into the Sacred Valley of the Incas you begin to see an extraordinary sight. The Inca Gardens of Ancient Peru. To tell us the story of the wonderful sight is Diarmuid Gavin, award winning garden designer.
Sep 3, 2025 • 13min
You Will Die in Prison a new documentary featuring Bernard Phelan
You Will Die in Prison, is the new documentary featuring Bernard Phelan, an Irish/French citizen who was wrongfully taken hostage in Mashhad, Iran, in October 2022. Also his book 'You Will Die In Prison' is being rereleased this week with and documentary of the same title is on RTÉ One tonight.
Sep 3, 2025 • 12min
Inside Hollywood: Shakespeare on the big screen
This week on Inside Hollywood, audiences have been treated to their first look of the trailer for Hamnet. The Chloé Zhao adaptation is based on Maggie O'Farrell's brilliant novel, which is centred around a tragic moment in Shakespeare’s life. We look back at some of the best films that put Shakespeare on screen with Dee Reddy, Podcaster and Pop Culture Journalist.
Sep 3, 2025 • 19min
'Intensive Care' a memoir of Dr. Suzanne Crowe
Intensive Care is the memoir of Dr. Suzanne Crowe, a Consultant in Pediatric Intensive Care. Suzanne has spent years caring for children in dire circumstances. Her compassion for them and their parents has grown from the loss of her own daughter, Beatrice. Suzanne joined Pat this morning to chat about her work and memoir.
Sep 3, 2025 • 13min
All the motoring news with Conor Faughnan
The cost of Dublin city residential parking permits could rise more than threefold to €225. Also today marks the day that children between the age of 5-8 can now go for free on public transport. All this and more to discuss with Conor Faughnan Transport Consultant.
Sep 3, 2025 • 6min
The latest the search for the missing boy in Donabate
Searches are continuing this morning at a site in Donabate for a young boy who has been missing from Dublin for up to four years. . Emily Keegan is at the site of the search and gave us this update.
Sep 3, 2025 • 12min
The weapons presented at Chinese military parade
Robot wolves", laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles and giant water drones are just some of the weapons presented at Chinese military parade. This parade marks 80 years since China's victory over Japan in World War Two.Pat discusses this further with Sean Bell, Former fighter pilot, military analyst, and co-host of the red matrix podcast.
Sep 3, 2025 • 7min
Green Scene: How microbes influence the flavour of chocolate
Scientists have uncovered how microbes influence the flavour of chocolate, paving the way for new and novelty flavours in future. Also we hear how sharks, the ocean’s top predators, may lose both their bite and their sleek armour as seas grow more acidic. All to chat with Dr Ruth Freeman Director of Research for Society For Research Ireland All with thanks to Repak.
