The Pat Kenny Show

Gareth Mullins will be talking us through apple and blackberry crumble with vanilla custard. A perfect desert to try this weekend.

Adrian Barry joins us to preview this weekend’s sport. Arsenal hoping to maintain their unbeaten streak, and Manchester United and Tottenham go face to face at Old Trafford. Elsewhere, all provinces play in the URC this weekend and Shane Lowry is the lone Irish golfer at the Spanish Open,   

Wrapping up warm can involve functionality as well as fashion. Stylist Aoife Dunican give us advice on how you can make the most of your winter wardrobe.

Another lane closure but is this the way to tackle crime on our streets?  We discuss with Olivia Kelly, Dublin Editor with Irish Times

What is it like to have dementia? Now you can try a virtual simulator which is travelling around the country giving people an opportunity to experience what it’s like. Josh Crosbie reports on this for us.

Amid calls for a ceasefire, Lebanon may be facing a ground offensive from Israel. We get the latest from Sally Hayden, Irish Times Correspondent and Author live from Beirut.

Covid 19 – Was it a lab leak or a market? More evidence now that it was animals in the Wuhan market. Luke O’Neill discusses with Pat.

On this week’s Boxed, John Fardy takes to the streets of Gotham to look at the new HBO The Penguin – the dark back story of one of Batman’s greatest villains.

Influencers promoting vitamins and supplements online are up for discussion in our disinformation slot with David Robert Grimes, Author and Disinformation expert.

Eadaoin Fitzmaurice, travel and food content creator, give some great ideas of what to get upto this weekend, either on a date, a trip with family or friends, or by themselves. Some events include the Kinsale Food Tours, Dublin Theatre Festival and the Pure Magic Battle for the Lake in Achill Co. Mayo

The State needs to act to put planners on the critical skills list according to an expert in the area who says the Government is ‘sucking up planners like basking sharks’. Tom Philips Planning Consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor in University College Dublin joined Pat this morning on the show.

Tensions in the Middle East, support of Ukraine and heightened tensions domestically following assassination attempts on Donald Trump. All to discuss with a national security advisor about terrorism and counterterrorism Javed Ali, Associate Professor of Practice at Gerald R. Ford School of Pubic Policy, formerly of FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency and The Department of Homeland Security discuss al...

With a growing population and economy.  How can we address our water shortage problems? And is our infrastructure up to the task ? All to discuss with Angela Ryan Asset Strategy Manager at Uisce Eireann.

"All trends point towards Irish unification in the next few decades". The words of Leo Varadkar who has called for all parties running for election to include a call for a United Ireland in their manifestos. We get reaction with Amanda Ferguson Belfast based Journalist and also Gary Murphy Professor of Politics, Dublin City University.

Roisin Agnew on her documentary The Ban, which is to be screened at the Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival on Sunday, September 27th. The documentary follows the Broadcast Ban which was implemented by the British government on Northern Ireland in 1988, silencing the voices of IRA members and their political branch, Sinn Fein. 

4 in 10 workers don’t understand the pension auto enrollment scheme. Paul Merriman, CEO Fairstone Ireland joined Pat to explain all.

We get gardening tips and advice with Head Gardener of RHSI Bellefield in Shinrone, Co Offaly.

On Inside Hollywood this week, from Tom Cruise in Far and Away to Julia Roberts in Michael Collins, we take a look at when accents go really bad. All to discuss with Lisa Cannon Movie & Entertainment Correspondent. 

This bi-annual event has been running since 2002, and has seen our bikers and pillions cover over 950,000 and raise over €5 million which has transformed the lives of many thousands of sick children across Ireland. This once in a lifetime trip departs in September 2024, and the funds raised from the challenge will support sick children and across CHI at Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connoll...

Green Scene Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland  will explain what legal personhood means and the rights it grants. All to discuss on this week's Green Scene. All with thanks to AIB Ireland .

Transport commentator Conor Faughnan gives tips and advice on buying a second hand car and also shares his take on the Government finding 6 million to fund road projects despite Eamon Ryan saying it couldn’t be sanctioned. 

Hector O’ Heochagain joined Pat in studio to chat about his new book, 'Irish Words You Should Know'.

Homeowners in Donegal are still facing challenges over defective blocks .More than 100 people have been given alternative payment options, which they say is “downgrading” what they initially expected. Josh Crosbie travelled to the county to meet with property owners at different stages of this ordeal.

John Lee, Executive Editor with Daily Mail, on the latest in Irish politics. Simon Harris has been invited to meet Joe Biden at the White House next month, hinting at a November general election. Also, Michael D. Higgins addresses accusations he made earlier this week about the Israeli embassy at the United Nations General Assembly.

A new production of Tom Murphy’s masterpiece The House will premiere in the Gaiety Theatre on the26th of September. The Druid Theatre production has enjoyed success in Galway over the past month and will debut in Dublin this week for Dublin Theatre Festival. Joining Pat in studio was Marie Mullen The House at the Gaiety Actress and Co-Founder of The Druid Theatre Company.