The Pat Kenny Show
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Mar 27, 2025 • 10min
What makes an Irish Buddha?
Buddhism was founded 2 and a half thousand years ago in ancient India, but it’s only in recent years that Irish people have turned to the buddha in numbers.So, what is an Irish Buddhist and what do they know that we don’t?Newstalk’s Sarah Madden reports.
Mar 27, 2025 • 10min
Quirky Sports
This week, Off The Ball’s Cameron Hill tells us the story of a Cork-born boxer, Jack McAuliffe, a World Lightweight Champion in the early 20th century, who was involved in one of the most controversial bouts in the sports' history.
Mar 27, 2025 • 9min
The Struggles of Working From Home
For many, working from home can become isolating; it is harder to strike a work-life balance, to build relationships with your colleagues and to have variety in your days.Niamh Delmar, chartered registered counselling psychologist, joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss such fallouts, and what can be done to better manage them.
Mar 27, 2025 • 8min
The Family
The Irish drugs gang known as 'The Family' had amassed considerable wealth and influence, before an Irish-Spanish operation dismantled its large hub in Spain and three of its leading figures were arrested in the Republic.Ivan Yates is joined by Conor Lally, Security and Crime Editor with The Irish Times to go through all the latest in these arrests.
Mar 27, 2025 • 12min
The Remarkable Strength of US Radio
You may be well aware of the divide between left and right in television media in the US, but what of radio?You may be shocked to know it is a much less polarised medium and has still retained its audience.The Pat Kenny Show is joined by Professor Emeritus Steven Reiner to go through the remarkable resilience of the medium.
Mar 27, 2025 • 13min
The Speaking Rights Row
What is the story behind the expected vote of no-confidence against the Ceann Comhairle? As the debate on speaking rights rages on, The Pat Kenny Show has People Before Profit TD for Dún Laoghaire, Richard Boyd-Barrett, to speak on the opposition’s case.
Mar 27, 2025 • 8min
‘Coalition of the Willing’ Meet in Paris
The ‘Coalition of the Willing’ are set to meet in Paris today to lay the groundwork for an enduring peace in Ukraine.This comes as the United States have announced a truce between Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea.Enda Brady joins The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the aims of this peace summit, and whether ground force peacekeepers will be a viable solution.
Mar 27, 2025 • 10min
Pedestrianised Streets
Last Sunday, Paris voted to pedestrianize 500 more streets across the Capital. On The Pat Kenny Show, we’re asking the question; would increased pedestrianisation work in Dublin? Ivan Yates is joined by Green Party Councillor, Hazel Chu, and Feargus O’Sullivan, Writer for Bloomberg CityLab to go through the possibilities this could offer.
Mar 27, 2025 • 27min
Minister Martin Heydon
Minster for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Martin Heydon, joins The Pat Kenny Show on the Dáil speaking row, incoming Tariffs and Mercosur deal.
Mar 26, 2025 • 8min
Garden Stories: The Sakura Season and the Ephemeral Beauty of the Flowering Cherry Tree
Diarmuid Gavin takes us to Japan on The Pat Kenny Show this week!As the countries cherry Trees bloom in the Sakura season, Japan braces itself for a time of natural theatre across the country.
