The Pat Kenny Show

 Netflix wants managers to ask themselves whether they would rehire their current employees. This is know as the Keeper Test! We discussed this with Donal O'Donoghue, Managing Director Sanderson Recruitment and Host of the Talent Matters Podcast.  

Reducing costs and reducing the need for more space. Rowena Quinn, Managing Partner at Hunters Estate Agents bring us advice on downsizing your property.

Eastern Spain has experience flash floods that has killed 51 people. We get the latest on the situation there with Stephen Burgen Freelance Journalist in Barcelona. 

Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing serious new allegations involving assault in two separate lawsuits. We get the details from Sophie Peachy Assistant News Editor with The News Movement.

Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon is continuing with more than 60 people killed in the Bekka Valley region on Tuesday. From Beirut we get the latest from Sally Hayden Irish Times Correspondent in Lebanon who also talks to us about Syrian refugees due to come to Ireland that are now stuck in Lebanon.

Halloween is undoubtedly upon us and the ghouls and ghosts are almost ready to roam free. But where do they stay the other 364 days of the year? Newstalk Reporter, Sarah Madden pays haunted house calls on our behalf.

Growing concern over road rage with Gen Z and millennial the angriest drivers and safety tips for cyclists and pedestrians in the darker evenings. We discuss further with Conor Faughnan, Transport Consultant.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory council say that Ireland needs up to 80,000 construction workers to address the housing crisis and that Ireland lags behind its European counterparts in infrastructure. Speaking to Anton this morning was Conor O’Connell of the Construction Director of Housing, Planning and Development at the Construction Industry Federation.

Jess Kelly Newstalk's Technology Correspondent takes a look at the Dyson WashG1, Dyson’s first dedicated wet floor cleaner. Engineered for hygienic cleaning and maintenance, tackles wet and dry debris in one go!

The collusion, coverup and corruption around the 1994 Loughinisland massacre, journalist and producer Trevor Birney. Trevor has written a new book called 'Shooting Crows'.

One week out from the US Election, how accurate are the polls after previous errors in 2016 and 2020? And what is causing polls to be seemingly less accurate than elections past? We discuss with Josh Clinton, Abby and John Winkelried Chair, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University.

Short lifespan’s and long charging are just some of the myths associated with electric vehicles, Derek Reilly Partnerships Director at Nevo to separate fact from fiction.

A report in the Washington Post in summer 2024 revealed anecdotal evidence from epidemiologists claiming that there has been a rise in incidence of outbreaks of head lice infestation, from a drop during the Covid-19 pandemic.  To discuss further we heard from Selene Daly Registered advanced nurse practitioner and nurse tutor.

Israel’s Parliament has voted to ban the UN Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA from operating in the country and occupied East Jerusalem. We speak to Juliette Tuoma, Director of Communications, UNRWA and also Scott Lucas Professor & Political Analyst at the Clinton Institute at University College Dublin. 

More people are being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer due to delays caused by the Covid pandemic. The Marie Keating Foundation says screening backlogs and healthcare restrictions have caused a major drop off in early detection rates.  The charity are taking to the streets of Dublin and Cork this week to highlight the issue. Newstalk Reporter Jessica Woodlock went along to hear all...

In June, the FAA in the US and EASA achieved a significant milestone on the path to certifying electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. We discuss this milestone in aviation with Kevin Byrne retired Lieutenant Colonel and Airport Safety and Security Expert. 

It’s the Rewind 1984 with Henry McKean, where he speaks to the change makers from that year. In this episode: John Treacy on winning silver in the marathon in the LA Olympics. What was 1984 like in Ireland at that time with MT USA and Bill Hughes? Pop culture expert Dave O'Callaghan, host of the ‘Here And Back Again’ Podcast, on films like Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins and Ghostbusters.  How a...

A look back on the stories of the week on our Friday Forum. Joining Pat this morning was Regina Doherty, former Social Protection Minister, Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency for Fine Gael, Louise O’ Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal and Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Workers’ Rights, Enterprise, Trade, and Employment and also Pat Leahy, Political Editor of The Irish Tim...

Cork-based SUAS aerospace plans Ireland’s first rocket launch late next year from a site on the western seaboard. The company hopes to operate Ireland’s first spaceport for rocket launches. Their first mission, Pathfinder, will be in conjunction with Dutch-firm T-Minus who will provide the launch rocket. It will be a test mission with the possibility for only a small test payload.  To hear al...

The UK government plans to ban the sale of disposable vapes from 1 June 2025 to protect children’s health and prevent environmental damage. We get the latest on this plan with , London-based award-winning journalist, tv presenter of TRT News.

John Gray, best-selling author and Relationship Counsellor joins to discuss his upcoming one-day workshop at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dún Laoghaire.

“Hope all is well” and other infuriating email clichés, recruitment professional Ed Heffernan walks us through the do’s and don’ts of email communication.

Ten years after they were first touted, electronic health records in Irish hospitals are still years away according to HSE Chief Bernard Gloster. Sarah McGuinness Political Correspondent at the Irish Mail talks us through the latest on this.

It's been ten years since the beginning of the Hutch-Kinahan feud. A new book, 'Kinahan Assassins', chronicles the killings ordered by the Kinahans over the course of the feud. We speak to its authors Stephen Breen and John Hand from the Irish Sun and authors of 'Kinahan Assassins'.

New Disney plus drama series based on Jilly Coopers best-selling bonk buster 'Rivals' starring Victoria Smurfit and Aidan Turner features in this weeks Boxed with John Fardy.