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.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk
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Dec 18, 2025 • 16min
Newstalk's most influential author of the last 25 years
Over the last 25 years, Ireland has changed. Our voices got louder. Our culture reached further. And some extraordinary people helped shape it all. From trailblazers in the arts and social change, to leaders in sport, music and on the big screen, we’re counting down the most influential Irish people of the last 25 years.Our listeners have picked your winner for best author which we will reveal along with Susan Walsh, Dubray Books and Meghann Scully, Podcaster and Author.
Dec 18, 2025 • 10min
Is dark chocolate better for you?
For the festive season Luke O’Neill asks if some types of sugar healthier than others? And is dark chocolate better for you than milk chocolate?
Dec 18, 2025 • 9min
All the political news with Sean Defoe
Greta Thunberg visits President Connolly in the Áras, continued fallout for Fianna Fáil. The EU to debate today over the use of frozen Russian assets, and an overwhelming majority decides there is to be no ban for fox hunting. All to discuss with Sean Defoe, Newstalk Political Correspondent.
Dec 18, 2025 • 6min
Some last minute sustainable gifts
Are you one of those people who still has to get the last “few bits” for Christmas and buy those last few presents? Well with some advice on what to purchase is Jo Linehan, Climate Journalist.
Dec 18, 2025 • 10min
Disinformation slot with David Robert Grimes
As is the now the case in the wake of any tragedy or atrocity, falsehoods on the Bondi Beach shooter were rife. But the sea of contradictory narratives betrays a complex mix of motivations and misunderstandings worth unpacking. Some of these false claims got massive traction. To discuss further with Pat was David Robert Grimes, Disinformation Expert, Author of The Irrational Ape.
Dec 18, 2025 • 12min
Skin Q & A with Professor Caitriona Ryan
Professor Caitriona Ryan, Consultant Dermatologist with the Institute of Dermatology joined Pat in studio to answer our listeners skin-related questions.
Dec 18, 2025 • 11min
An estimated 10,000 farmers are expected to descend on Brussels
An estimated 10,000 farmers are expected to descend on Brussels today for one of the largest Europe-wide farmer protests this century. IFA President Francie Gorman has been travelling to Brussels with his son since the start of the week and gives us an update from outside Brussels.
Dec 17, 2025 • 11min
Inside Hollywood: Films that aren’t technically “Christmas movies"
We are counting down the Top 10 Alternative Christmas Movies the ones that sneak Christmas into the frame and still make December feel special. Joining Pat was Lisa Cannon Head of Studio at DMG Media.
Dec 17, 2025 • 8min
Gardening Stories: Lough Boora Sculpture Park
On this week's Garden Stories with Diarmuid Gavin, we about how County Offaly’s Lough Boora Sculpture Park was transformed from a working bog to a place of art and reflection.
Dec 17, 2025 • 15min
What does dating look like for young people today?
We now live in an era of dating apps, mixed signals, situationships, and the constant pressure to figure out who you are while also figuring out who you’re seeing. We discuss this morning what dating looks like for young people today.Pat spoke to our panel this morning, all in their twenties. Dylan Hand, Newstalk Reporter , Ella Anderson, Newstalk Reporter and Katie Gallagher, Spin 1038 and Spin Southwest News Anchor.
