The Pat Kenny Show

Can a review of the speed limits sought by the Government bring down fatalities on our roads? We'll discuss this with Conor Faughnan   Transport Commentator and CEO of the RIAC. 

Private insurance policyholders dig deeper into their pockets with impending health insurance price hikes.  Pat spoke to Dermot Goode Health Insurance Expert at Total Health Cover Lockton Company.

Thousands of people have been stranded in airports across Europe, meanwhile, pilots do not get enough sleep between flights. Kevin Byrne, Retired Air Corps Lieutenant Colonel and lecturer in Aviation safety Mgt at DCU

We speak to Maureen Sullivana Magdalene survivor and author of Girl in the Tunnel. about the proposed National Centre for Research and Remembrance to honor survivors and former residents of institutions. 

The family of missing woman Imelda Keenan seeks answers 30 years on from her disappearance. Speaking to Pat this morning was Gina Kerry the niece of Imelda Keenan.

Our expert this week on the show was Dr Niall Hogan  Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St. James Hospital and Niall gave advice on the treatment and recovery of sports injuries.

Assaults in Dublin are down, yet there is still a perception that the capital is unsafe, why? We discussed this with the Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and the Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital.

On a drizzly morning in July 1915, thousands of people watched the S.S. Eastland turn over in the Chicago River while tied to the Clarke Street dock.  844 passengers, including 21entire families, died in less than 20 minutes in the middle of the fourth-largest city in the United States. Playwright Jocelyn Clarke is here to tell us the story which is portrayed in a new...

Biden says ‘’no place for white supremacy in the US’’ following the killing of three people in a racist shooting in Florida. We get the latest Stateside with Terry Sheridan Managing Editor, WSHU Public Radio.

Lough Neagh over the past few months has been experiencing an ecological collapse. The Complex nature of local government and the failure to restore the Stormont assembly have been cited as contributing to the demise of the lough. To hear more on this Pat spoke to Newtown Emerson, columnist with the Irish Times. 

Donna Cambridge’s son Jaxon was due to start pre-school at Before 5 Family Centre in Cork next week. However, on Wednesday night, parents received an abrupt text message to say the northside facility would be closing with immediate effect, leaving almost 100 children and 14 staff members in limbo. Donna spoke to Pat this morning.

With the potential addition of 20 new TDs in the new Electoral Commission, and with some top politicians at risk of losing a seat we discuss what the Electoral Commission recommendations might bring with Adrian Kavanagh Geography Lecturer at Maynooth University. 

Now that the dust has settled and leaving cert students have had time to digest their results from Friday, what’s next for these would-be freshers? To discuss with Pat was Brian Mooney, Guidance Counsellor and Irish Times Columnist.

Do we need more camera surveillance on our bus and cycle lanes, we discuss with Conor Faughnan Transport Commentator and CEO of the RIAC.

A look back on the stories of the week with our Friday Forum. Joining Anton today was Jack Power News Reporter at the Irish Times, Emer Currie Fine Gael Senator, and Jennifer Whitmore Social Democrats TD for Wicklow and Spokesperson on Climate.

The class of 2023 got their Leaving Cert results this morning. The 71,000 students who have never taken a state exam before because of Covid, will see grade inflation continue. Henry McKean visited Trinity Comprehensive in Ballymun Dublin. He sent us this report: 

With Donald Trump handing himself into authorities in Georgia and having his mugshot taken, we get the latest news from the US with Marion McKeone US Correspondent with the Business Post.

Gareth Mullins has a recipe for chicken, ham, and leek pie with glazed carrots – a back-to-school comforter!

Author Miriam Mulcahy joins us to discuss her latest book, This Is My Sea.

Legislation is being drafted that would enable local government bodies to use Body Cameras, CCTV, and even drones to combat prolific dumping across Ireland. Speaking to Anton with more on this was Liam Herrick Executive Director of the Irish Council of Civil Liberty and also Malcolm Byrne Fianna Fail Senator.

We delve into the fraught topic of unpaid internships and their legality with Caroline Reidy Managing Director of the HR Suite, and HR & Employment Law Expert. 

548 days into the war in Ukraine, Lara Marlowe joins us with an update from Ukraine as she visited President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown. 

Grade Inflation will have some students smiling this morning but is it damaging the integrity of the CAO system? We speak to TJ Hegarty, the founder of Breakthrough Maths.

With Republican nominees candidates going face to face in their first presidential debate last night, we discuss how the debate was won and lost with Larry Donnelly Law Lecturer with the University of Galway, and columnist with the Journal.ie

We look at the work of the Kevin Bell Trust which repatriates loved ones back to their grieving families. Speaking to Anton this morning was Colin Bell co-founder of Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.