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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Apr 10, 2025 • 11min
The history of the Oxford and Cambridge rowing competition
This Sunday the rowers of Oxford and Cambridge will go head-to-head in the Boat Race on the river Thames. For this week’s Quirky Sports, Cameron Hill looks back at the history of the Oxford and Cambridge rowing competition.
Apr 10, 2025 • 10min
Trump administration is attacking science and distracting researchers
On a recent trip Luke had met scientists from the US, the main topic of conversation is how the Trump administration is attacking science. They fear for their jobs and the ability to fund their science. This is an unfortunate turn of events. Luke discusses this further with Pat on also how it is distracting researchers.
Apr 10, 2025 • 10min
Disinformation slot with David Robert Grimes
This week, David Robert Grimes discusses how internal documents and whistleblower revelations show that companies like Facebook had the tools to combat disinformation effectively, but deliberately disabled or ignored to boost their profit. Also Health Secretary RFK Jr spreads measles and fluoride misinformation.
Apr 10, 2025 • 13min
When it comes to height, why does size actually matter?
What affects your earning potential, your cancer risk and how you look in a dress? Newstalk's Sarah Madden reports on the bizarre importance of height and those who'll do anything for a few extra inches.
Apr 10, 2025 • 21min
Donald Trump has warned that big pharma is next on the list
Despite the exclusion of the pharmaceutical industry from Liberation Day tariffs and the introduction of a 90 day, US President Donald Trump has warned that big pharma is next on the list. As the pharmaceutical industry is the biggest Irish export to the US, what impact will this uncertainty have on our economy and European as a whole? Pat discusses this and more with Gareth Sheridan, CEO of Nutriband and Billy Kelleher, MEP for Ireland South (part of the health committee on the EP).
Apr 10, 2025 • 5min
Make your home interiors and cleaning products more sustainable
Sustainable interiors, low voc paint, swapping synthetic bedding for natural, non toxic cleaning products, what to do with your empty candle. Jo Linehan gives us tips and advice on how to make your home interiors and cleaning products more sustainable.
Apr 10, 2025 • 10min
The causes and treatments of Rosacea
This month on our weekly dermatology slot we are looking at Rosacea or the ‘curse of the Celts’ as it is also known. All to discuss with Consultant Dermatologist with the Institute of Dermatology Professor Niki Ralph.
Apr 10, 2025 • 21min
Trump does a u turn on his tariff masterplan
Donald Trump has backed down on this tariffs instituting a ninety day pause. The markets have responded well but are we out of the woods?All to discuss with Scott Lucas, Professor of US and International Politics at Clinton Institute at UCD and also Leonie MacCann of Irish Life Investment Managers.
Apr 9, 2025 • 10min
Garden stories with Diarmuid Gavin: Ninfa - The Garden of the Nymphs
There are gardens that dazzle. There are gardens that soothe. And then there are gardens that haunt you. That lodge themselves in the corners of your mind and whisper to you years after you’ve gone. Today, I want to tell you about one of those. A place where history and nature have coiled so tightly around each other, it’s hard to tell where stone ends and blossom begins. This is Ninfa - The Garden of the Nymphs. Located just south of Rome, near Cisterna di Latina, Ninfa is unlike anywhere else.Diarmuid Gavin, Garden Designer tells us all about these wonderful gardens.All with thanks to Tirlán.
Apr 9, 2025 • 12min
Inside Hollywood: Movies about TV shows
Throughout the 20th century, there was one fact that united fans, critics and the makers of onscreen media - that the big screen was better than the little one. Films dominance over television seemed like an unassailable truth - until it wasn’t. The 21st century has seen the rise of TV as one of the most celebrated mediums in entertainment, luring actors and filmmakers who would previously have considered it to be a major step down for their career. Dee Reddy, Podcaster and Cultural commentator tells us more.
